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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus: 60.81m (Manchester, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
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Chukwuemeka Osammor (born 15 June 2001) is a British discus thrower. In 2024, he became British national champion. [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 2024, he became British national champion in the discus at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester. [9] [10]
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