Divine Duruaku

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Divine Duruaku
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2025 UK Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 2:20m (Derby, 2025)
Medal record
UK Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Birmingham high jump

Divine Duruaku (born 10 February 2002) is a British high jumper. He was joint-winner of the 2025 UK Athletics Championships. [1]

Biography

Duruaku competed in the 2022 Loughborough International [2] and won the England Athletics Championships title in Chelmsford in July 2023, with a jump of 2.10 metres. [3]

He finished third in the high jump at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Birmingham. [4]

In 2025, Duruaku became the British high jump champion, after being a joint-winner of the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 2 August 2025, alongside Charlie Husbands, with both athletes clearing 2.14 metres and agreeing to share the title. [5] [6]

References

  1. "Divine Duruaku". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. "A day of high drama unfolds at Loughborough International". Loughborough University. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. "England Athletics Senior Open Championships". World Athletics. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. "Hinchcliffe seals first UK title as athletes book spots at Paris 2024". British Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  5. Henderson, Jason (2 August 2025). "Okoye Breaks 40-Year-old National Champs Discus Record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  6. Poole, Harry (2 August 2025). "Hughes and Hunt win British 100m titles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2025.