Success Eduan

Success Eduan
Personal information
NationalityBritish
BornSuccess Odyase Eduan
(2004-09-27) 27 September 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 11.39 (2023)
200 m: 22.43 (2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Birmingham4×100 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2025 Guangzhou4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Bergen200 m
Gold medal – first place2025 Bergen4x100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tallinn200 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Jerusalem200 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Tallinn4 × 100 m
Silver medal – second place2023 Jerusalem4 × 100 m

Success Odyase Eduan (born 27 September 2004) is a British sprinter. She won the 2026 UK Athletics Championships title and 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships title over 200 metres.[1]

Early life

From Blackley, Manchester, she attended St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School in Moston, Manchester, where she was head girl.[2] Her athletic talent was spotted early at the school whilst running cross-country.[3] She later attended Loreto College, Manchester.[4] She combined her athletics career with studying midwifery at the University of Salford even as she became British champion.[5][6]

Career

Eduan won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in July 2021. She won bronze in the 200 m and gold after anchoring the victorious women's 4 × 100 m relay.[7][8] In 2022, Eduan won the national U20 title over 200 metres, and was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[9][10]

In February 2023, Eduan won at the British Indoor Championships in Birmingham over 200 metres with a time of 23.49 seconds.[11][12] In August 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 200 metres.[13] She was then part of a 4 × 100 m relay team that won silver at the championships.[14]

In May 2024, Eduan finished runner-up to Joy Eze at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships (BUCS) in the 100 metres, running a time of 11.52 seconds, while competing for Salford University.[15] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[16] Eduan ran the anchor leg for the Great Britain team which won gold in the women's 4 × 100 metres at the World Athletics Relays Championship on 11 May 2025.[5] She won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway in 22.74 seconds.[17] Later in the championships, she anchored the British women's 4 x 100 metres relay team to gold in a championship record time of 42.92 seconds.[18]

Eduan finished in fourth place in the 200 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, in a personal best 22.53 seconds.[19] She was selected for the British relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[20] In October 2025, she was named on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[21]

Eduan was named in the British squad for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[22] She anchored the women's 4 x 100 metres as Great Britain secured qualification for the 2027 World Championships.[23] In June 2026, she won the 200 m title at the UK Championships in a personal best of 22.43 seconds.[24][25] Competing at the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, she ran the 200 m in 22.53 seconds.[26] She was a finalist in the 200 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, placing seventh overall.[27][28] Later at the Games, she also competed in the women's 4 × 100 m relay.[29] On 15 August, Eduan won the gold medal with the British women's 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, with the quartet of Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Eduan and Imani-Lara Lansiquot finishing more than a second clear of the field in 42.05 seconds.[30] She was also a finalist in the 200 metres at the championships.[31]

Athletics achievements

Personal bests

Type Distance Time (s) Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
Individual events
Indoor 60 metres 7.41 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 26 February 2022
200 metres sh 23.41 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 18 February 2024
Outdoor 100 metres 11.39 -0.1 Mannheim, Germany 24 June 2023
200 metres 22.43 -0.9 Birmingham, United Kingdom 21 June 2026
Team events
Outdoor 4 × 100 metres relay 41.88 N/a Tokyo, Japan 20 September 2025
4 × 400 metres relay 3:51.44 N/a Birmingham, United Kingdom 3 August 2024

International competitions

Representing  Great Britain &  England
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2021 European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd 200 m 23.62
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.62
2022 World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 12th (sf) 200 m 23.56
2023 European U20 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 3rd 200 m 23.34
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.82
2025 World Relays Guangzhou, China 1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.21
European U23 Championships Bergen, Norway 1st 200 m 22.74
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.92
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.07
2026 World Relays Gaborone, Botswana — 4 × 100 m relay DQ (Re)
2nd 42.90 (WQ)
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th 200 m 23.04
5th 4 x 100 m relay 43.45
European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th 200 m 22.66
1st 4 x 100 m relay 42.05

National championships and competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2018 England Championships, U15 events Bedford 2nd 200 m 25.71
2019 England Indoor Championships, U15 events Sheffield 1st 200 m 24.72
England Championships, U15 events Bedford 1st 200 m 23.71
2020 England Championships, U17 events Sheffield 1st 200 m 24.13
2021 England Championships, U20 events Bedford 1st 200 m 23.70
2022 England Indoor Championships, U20 events Sheffield 1st 200 m 23.44
British Indoor Championships Birmingham 5th 60 m 7.41
England Championships, U20 events Bedford 1st 200 m 23.62
2023 England Indoor Championships, U20 events Sheffield 1st 200 m 23.54
British Indoor Championships Birmingham 1st 200 m 23.49
England Championships, U20 events Chelmsford 1st 200 m 23.61
British Championships Manchester 6th 200 m 23.20
2024 British Indoor Championships Birmingham 2nd 200 m 23.41
British Championships Manchester 5th 200 m 23.15
2025 Wales Championships, U23 events Cardiff 1st 200 m 22.69
British Championships Birmingham 4th 200 m 22.53
2026 British Championships Birmingham 1st 200 m 22.43

References

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  2. ↑ Roberts, Kit (6 March 2025). "The Manchester sprinter with sport's 'last taboo' in her sights". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Hinds, Rodney (3 August 2021). "A real teenage Success story in Manchester has her eyes firmly on Paris Olympics in 2024". Voice-Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Athlete's Futures Programme selects Manchester athlete Success Eduan". Manchesterschoolspe.co.uk. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Eduan powers GB women to 4x100m relay gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Phil (24 June 2026). "Success Eduan insists 'This is just the beginning' after Birmingham triumph". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Gold rush for Britain at the European U20 Champs". Athletics Weekly. July 18, 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Three relay titles propel Great Britain to the top of the medal table in Tallinn". European Athletics. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sun-sensational! Day 2 report for U23 and U20 champs". Englandathletics. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. July 20, 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "British Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Results". 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "CAPTAIN CARVELL WINS SUPERB SILVER AS GB&NI WIN FOUR MORE EURO U20 MEDALS". British Athletics. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  14. ↑ "GB & NI CLAIM 4X400M RELAY GOLD & TWO SILVERS TO END EURO U20S ON HIG". British Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. May 9, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  17. ↑ Mills, Steven (19 July 2025). "Eduan holds off Jaeger in a dramatic 200m final in Bergen". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (20 Jul 2025). "France and Great Britain smash championship records in 4x100m finals". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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  24. ↑ "Women's 200 metres - Final results" (PDF). Microplus Timing Services. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  25. ↑ "UK Athletics Championships 2026: Keely Hodgkinson pulls out of 400m final". BBC Sport. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  26. ↑ Henderson, Jason (18 July 2026). "HODGKINSON BATTLES BACK TO HOME 800M WIN AS JACKSON STUNS IN THE DISCUS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
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  28. ↑ "MEGAN KEITH GETS HER MEDAL MOMENT AS ROSE DAVIES DOES THE DOUBLE". Athletics Weekly. 30 June 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
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  30. ↑ "Hunt wins third gold as Asher-Smith makes history". BBC Sport. 15 August 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  31. ↑ "SHOW OF STRENGTH TAKES MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH TO GOLD". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
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