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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus, Shot put | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Discus: 60.81m (Manchester, 2022) Shot put 16.71m (Sheffield, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chukwuemeka Osammor (born 15 June 2001) is a British discus thrower and shot putter. In 2024, he became British national champion in the discus. [1]
From Sheffield he attended De Montfort University. [2]
He is a member of Sheffield & Dearne Athletics Club. [3] In June 2022, he threw a personal best distance in the discus of 60.81 metres. [4]
In February 2023, he won the discus at the UK Winter Long Throws Championships, in Loughborough. [5] In March 2023, he captained the England team and won the U23 discus at the Indoor Throwing competition at Växjö, Sweden. [6]
In May 2023, he won the gold medal in the discus throw with a distance of 54.09 metres at the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Championships in Manchester. [7] In July 2023, he competed for Great Britain at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. [8]
In June 2024, he became British national champion in the discus at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester. [9] [10]
He finished in third place in the shot put at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025. [11]