Temitope Adeshina
Nigerian high jumper (born 1998)
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Temitope Simbiat Adeshina ⓘ(born 11 November 1998) is a Nigerian high jumper. In 2024, she broke the national record in the high jump.[1]
Biography
In June 2022, she won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in St Pierre, Mauritius.[2] She won the Nigerian championship high jump title in 2022.[3] She retained her Nigerian championship title in 2023.[4]
She joined Texas Tech University in 2023, and competing indoors in early 2024 jumped a personal best and national record height of 1.96 metres in Texas.[5] At the NCAA Championship in Eugene on 8 June 2024 she jumped a personal best, and national record, 1.97 metres to meet the Olympic 2024 qualifying standard.[6][7][8] She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10]
She tied for victory in the high jump at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on 15 March, along with Elena Kulichenko.[11] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025 but did not compete.[12] She set a meet record of 1.97 metres to win the high jump at the Big 12 Conference finals in May 2025.[13]
Competing at the Razorback International on 31 January 2026, she equalled her personal best of 1.97 metres, the third consecutive season she attained the height.[14] The following month, she tied Vashti Cunningham's facility record and set a new meet record of 1.96m in winning the Big 12 Indoor Championship.[15] In March, she won the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[16][17] In May, Adesina cleared 1.94 meters to win the high jump by almost 10 centimetres at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.[18] On 13 June, she cleared 1.96 meters to win the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[19] On 28 July, she won the bronze medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, clearing 1.90m in wet conditions.[20]