Udeme Okon
South African athlete (born 2005)
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Udeme Okon (born 3 September 2005) is a South African sprinter. He won the gold medal over 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
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| Born | 3 September 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m: 20.36 (2025) 400m: 44.99 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
He attends Florida Park High School in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.[2][3]
Career
He ran a personal best at the time of 20.54 seconds for the 200 metres in May 2024 at the South African national under-20 championships in Pretoria. That month, he ran a 400 metres personal best at the time of 45.41 seconds at the ACNW Track and Field League held in Potchefstroom.[2]
He won the gold medal over 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, running 45.69 seconds in Lima, Peru.[4][5] At the same championships, he also won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay.[6]
At the South African Championships on 26 April 2025, he achieved his personal best in the 400m of 44.99 seconds at the McArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom, placing second after countryman Zakithi Nene. He was selected for the South African relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, running a split of 44.24 seconds in the final as the South African team set a new national record of 2:57.50.[7][8][9] On 12 July 2025, he ran his fastest 200m to date at the Moore-Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk Belgium of 20.51 seconds, placing third.
He won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[10]
Competing on the opening day at the 2026 World Athletics Relays on 2 May, he was part of the South African men's 4 x 400 metres team which won their heat in 2:58.04.[11]