Chukwuemeka Osammor
British athlete (born 2001)
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Chukwuemeka Osammor (born 15 June 2001) is a British discus thrower and shot putter. In 2024, he became British national champion in the discus.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Discus, Shot put | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Discus: 60.81m (Manchester, 2022) Shot put 16.71m (Sheffield, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
From Sheffield, he attended De Montfort University.[2]
In June 2022, as a member of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club,[3] he threw a personal best distance in the discus of 60.81 metres.[4]
In February 2023, he won the discus at the UK Winter Long Throws Championships, in Loughborough.[5] In March 2023, he captained the England team and won the U23 discus at the Indoor Throwing competition at Växjö, Sweden.[6]
In May 2023, he won the gold medal in the discus throw with a distance of 54.09 metres at the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Championships in Manchester.[7] In July 2023, he competed for Great Britain at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[8]
In June 2024, he became British national champion in the discus at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[9][10]
He finished in third place in the shot put at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.[11]