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Funminiyi Olajide

British long jumper (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Funminiyi Olajide (born 4 June 2002) is a British long jumper.[1]

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She is from Thurrock, and attended William Edwards School in Grays, Essex.[2] In January 2018, she won the long jump at the South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley with a personal best or 5.96 metres.[3] A member of the Thurrock Harriers, she finished sixth with a jump of 6.28m at the British Athletics Championships, in July 2022.[4]

She attended College in the United States at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, winning Second Team All-American honors with a tenth place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024.[5]

She jumped a personal best 6.67 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 February 2025.[6] She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025.[7]

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