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Full name | Daisy Oyemwenosa Osakue | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Turin, Italy | 16 January 1996||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Maria Marello (in Italy) Nate Janusey (in USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Daisy Osakue (born 16 January 1996) is an Italian discus thrower who came 5th at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. [2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Discus throw. [3]
Osakue holds the NCAA Division II women's discus record of 61.35 m, [4] and her throw of 63.66 m on 31 July 2021 during the qualifying round of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics established a new national record for Italy.
Osakue was born in Turin to Nigerian parents and became a naturalized Italian citizen at the age of 18. [5]
She attended Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, where she became an eight-time NCAA Division II All-American in the women's discus. She is a two-time Division II national champion (2018 and 2019). In 2019 she set the Division II record for the longest discus throw at 61.35 m (201 feet, 4 inches. [4] [6] She is also a second team Division II All-American in the high jump. In 2018, after having established the 4th all-time Italian performance in the discus throw, she obtained the standard FIDAL and EAA and was called by DT Elio Locatelli to represent Italy at the European Championships in Berlin. [7] In 2021 she participated in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, representing Italy.
On 30 July 2018, in her home town of Moncalieri, an egg was thrown at Osakue from a passing car. Her eye needed to be surgically operated on to remove a shard of the egg's shell. Osakue believed the egging was because of racism. [8] [9] Three young men, including the son of a local Democratic Party councillor, were indicted; one admitted seven cases of egging strangers in the last two months. [10] The case went to trial without an aggravated charge of racial motivation, which was not contested by prosecutors. [11] Many Italian politicians, foreign and domestic news websites, published fake news about the case. [12] [13]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Measure | Notes |
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2017 | European Team Championships | ![]() | 6th | 57.64 m | |
2018 | Mediterranean Games | ![]() | 11th | 51.49 m | |
European Championships | ![]() | 5th | 59.32 m | ||
2019 | Summer Universiade | ![]() | 1st | 61.69 m | |
2021 | Summer Olympics | ![]() | 12th | 59.97 m | 63.66 m NR in qual. |
Osakue won six national championships at individual senior level. [17] [18]
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La 22enne racconta: «Non mi piace usare la parola razzismo ma questa volta penso sia così. Pensavano fossi una prostituta». [The 22-year-old explains: "I don't like using the word racism but this time I think it was. They thought I was a prostitute".