Ayomide Folorunso

Ayomide Temilade Oluwatoyosi Folorunso (born 17 October 1996) is a Nigerian-Italian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.^[3] She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

Ayomide Folorunso

Folorunso in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Ayomide Temilade Oluwatoyosi Folorunso
Nationality	Nigerian, Italian
Born	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) Abeokuta, Nigeria
Education	University of Parma[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres, 400 metres hurdles
Club	Fiamme Oro
Coached by	Laurent Meuwly[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 52.01 (2023) 400 m hs: 53.89 (2023)
Medal record European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 4×400 m relay IAAF World Relays 2019 Yokohama 4×400 m relay European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 400 m hurdles Universiade 2017 Taipei 400 m hs 2019 Naples 400 m hs Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 4x400 m relay 2018 Tarragona 400 m hs European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz 400 m hs European Junior Championships 2015 Eskilstuna 400 m hs 2015 Eskilstuna 4x400 m relay

Biography

Her family is originally from Nigeria, but since 2004 Ayomide has settled with her parents, mother Mariam and father Emmanuel, a mining geologist, in Fidenza. She failed to wear the azzurro at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics despite having obtained the minimum in five specialties, because she received her Italian passport a few days after the world championship,^[4] therefore she is member of the Italy national athletics team.

National records

• 400 metres hurdles: 53.89 at the 2023 World Championships semi-finals in Budapest, Hungary, 22 August 2023.
• 4x400 metres relay indoor: 3:31.55 (Birmingham, England, 4 March 2018) - current holder with Chiara Bazzoni, Raphaela Lukudo, Maria Enrica Spacca^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	400 m hurdles	58.34
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	3rd	400 m hurdles	58.44
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.45
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.07
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	400 m hurdles	55.50
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.37
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.05
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.87
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m hurdles	55.82
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.31
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	400 m hurdles	55.63
			4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.561
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18th (h)	400 m	53.24
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.55
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdle	55.44
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.08
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	8th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.69
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.62
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	400 m	57.96
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.90
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.74
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	1st	400 m hurdles	54.75
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.36
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.57
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.69
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.34
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.45
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	400 m hurdles	55.91
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.61
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	400 m hurdles	54.19
			6th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.86
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (h)	400 m	53.15
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	400 m hurdles	55.20
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	16th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.92

¹Did not finish in the final

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results[6]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Philadelphia Slam	Long hurdles	400 m hurdles	7th	57.90	US$12,500
		400 m	7th	53.88

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres: 11.83 (+0.5 m/s) – Rubiera, Italy, 13 September 2016
• 200 metres: 23.53 (+0.7 m/s) – Casalmaggiore, Italy, 12 September 2016
• 400 metres: 52.25 – Modena, Italy, 5 May 2016
• 400 metres hurdles: 53.89 – Budapest, Hungary, 22 August 2023

Indoor

• 200 metres: 23.86 – Padua, Italy, 2016
• 400 metres: 52.97 – Madrid, Spain, 2017

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 400 metres hurdles: 2016, 2019
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 400 metres: 2016, 2017, 2020

See also

• List of Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - 400 metres hurdles
• Italian national track relay team
• Naturalized athletes of Italy
• List of eligibility transfers in athletics