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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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Jake Odey-Jordan (born 22 December 2007) is a British sprinter. He won bronze at the 2024 U20 World Championships over 200 metres. [1]
He was born in Hackney, East London,and lived in Essex, London [2] He attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, Maryland and during the 2023 outdoor season recorded a win in the Freshman 200 at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. He then moved to the Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington D.C. for their superior track facilities. [3]
Competing at the New Balance Indoors Championships in March 2024, he won the 200 metres in 20.66 seconds and was part of the winning 4x200m relay team. [4] In the spring of 2024, he set a new 100 metres personal best in 10.38 seconds. [5] He later lowered his 200 metres personal best to 20.55 seconds. [6]
He competed at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia in July 2024. Whilst leading his 200 metres qualification heat by a distance he slowed down significantly and was over taken before the line and did not progress. [7] [8] After the race, he said he admitted he was at fault and "so I cannot be sad about anything but myself". [9] [10]
He was the bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. [11] Later at the Championships, he won silver in the 4 x 100 metres relay. [12] [13] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. On the same day he signed with WME marketing Agency. [14]
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