 2025 UK Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 4 June 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long jump |
| Club | Thurrock Harriers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long jump 6.67m (Fayetteville, 2025) |
Funminiyi Olajide (born 4 June 2002) is a British long jumper. [1]
She is from Thurrock, and attended William Edwards School in Grays, Essex. [2] In January 2018, she won the long jump at the South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley with a personal best or 5.96 metres. [3] A member of the Thurrock Harriers, she finished sixth with a jump of 6.28m at the British Athletics Championships, in July 2022. [4]
She attended College in the United States at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, winning Second Team All-American honors with a tenth place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024. [5]
She jumped a personal best 6.67 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 February 2025. [6] She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025. [7]
She finished in fourth place at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships. [8]