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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath & Bromley AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.29 (Sheffield, 2024) 100m: 11.11 (London, 2025) 200m: 22.76 (London, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Faith Akinbileje (born 21 September 2005) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]
Akinbileje is a member of the Blackheath and Bromley Athletics Club where she was a training partner to Dina Asher-Smith as a youngster. She was voted as the Athletics Weekly British U20 female athlete of the year in 2022. [2] [3] [4] In the July of that year, she won gold medals at the European U18 Championship in Jerusalem, in both the 200 metres and the medley relay. [5] [6] She was subsequently selected for the British team to compete in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [7]
She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel in August 2023. [8]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres event, running 7.34 in the final in Birmingham to finish fourth. [9] In June 2024, she lowered her personal best to 11.51 for the 100 metres at the South of England U20 Championships. [10] In July 2024, she finished fourth in the 200 metres England U20 Championships in Birmingham. [11]
In 2025, she improved her personal best for the 100 metres to 11.19 seconds. She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. [12] [13] She qualified for the final of the 100 metres, with her time of 11.42 the fastest of the opening heats, placing fourth in tne final in 11.50 seconds. [14] [15] Later in the championships, she won a gold medal as part of the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team. [16]
On 2 August 2025, she ran 11.34 seconds to place third in the 100 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, behind Amy Hunt and Desiree Henry. [17] She returned the following day and finished in sixth place in the 200 metres, running a personal best 22.88 seconds. [18]
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay | |
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† denotes athletes who took part in heats only |
