Zara Obamakinwa
British athlete (born 2004)
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Zara Obamakinwa (born 30 March 2004) is a British discus thrower. A national under-20 record holder she went on to compete for Great Britain at the European Throwing Cup and the European Athletics Team Championships in 2025.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 March 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Club | Blackheath & Bromley AC |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus: 58.17 m (2025) |
Early life
From Strood, she started-out competing in shot put before trying the discus throw for the first time in 2016 under coach Mark Chapman.[2] She attended Queen Anne's School in Caversham where she completed A-levels in computer science, maths, and physics.[3]
Career
She reached the final of the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4] Competing as a Blackheath & Bromley athlete, she broke the 16-year-old British under-20 national record with 55.99m when winning bronze at the 2023 British Athletics Championships.[5]
She finished second with a throw of 53.23 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships.[6] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[7]
On 1 March 2025, she threw a personal best 55.06 metres at the UK Winter Long Throws Championships, in Loughborough.[8][9] She was selected to represent Great Britain at the European Throwing Cup later that month.[10] In May 2025, she increased her personal best again, to 58.17 metres whilst competing in London, and then won the discus at the Loughborough International competing for England, with a throw of 57.25 metres.[11][12][13]
She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, placing fourteenth overall, helping the Great Britain team to finish in fifth place overall.[14][15][16] She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen.[17]
On 3 August 2025, she became the British discus throw champion, after winning the title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a throw of 55.90 metres.[18][19] In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[20]
On 28 February 2026, at the Winter Long Throws Championships in Loughborough she threw a new championship best 56.60m to win the discus title.[21]