Funminiyi Olajide
British long jumper (born 2002)
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Oluwafunminiyi Olajide (born 4 June 2002) is a British long jumper.[1][2]
Biography
She is from Thurrock, and attended William Edwards School in Grays, Essex.[3] 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.[4] A member of the Thurrock Harriers, she finished sixth with a jump of 6.28m at the British Athletics Championships, in July 2022.[5]
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.[6]
Beginning in 2025, Olajide transferred to the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team.[2] She jumped a personal best 6.67 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 February 2025.[7] She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025.[8]
She finished in fourth place at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a best jump of 6.23 metres.[9]
On 21 June 2026, she jumped 6.47 metres to place third in the long jump at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham behind Lucy Hadaway and Molly Palmer.[10][11][12]