Success Eduan
British athlete
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Success 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]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 100 m: 11.39 (2023) 200 m: 22.43 (2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 later studied midwifery at the University of Salford.[5]
Career
She 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.[6][7]
In 2022, she won the national U20 title over 200 metres, and was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[8][9]
In February 2023, she won the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 200 metres with a time of 23.49 seconds.[10][11] In August 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 200 metres.[12] She was then part of a 4 × 100 m relay team that won silver at the championships.[13]
In May 2024, she finished runner-up to Joy Eze at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 100 metres title in a time of 11.52 seconds, running for Salford University.[14] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]
She finished in fourth place in the 200 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, in a personal best 22.53 seconds.[18] She was selected for the British relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[19] In October 2025, she was named on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[20]
Eduan was named in the British squad for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[21] She anchored the women's 4 x 100 metres as Great Britain secured qualification for the 2027 World Championships.[22] In June 2026, she won the 200m title at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships in a personal best of 22.43 seconds.[23][24] Competing at the 2026 London Athletics Meet on 18 July, she ran the 200m in 22.53 seconds.[25]
Eduan was selected to represent England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[26]