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Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 May 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.19 (Sheffield, 2025) 100 m: 11.24 (London, 2025) 200 m: 23.46 (London, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joy Eze (born 31 May 2004) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. The British Universities and Colleges and European U20 champion over 100 metres, she was British Indoor Championships runner-up over 60 metres in 2025 and made her major international debut at the European Indoor Championships in 2025. [1]
From Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Eze attended St Mary’s Catholic High School. [2] She is a member of the Gateshead Harriers. She studied Pharmacy at Newcastle University. [3]
In 2021 competing at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Eze won the bronze medal in the individual 100 metres, and the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay. [4] She was selected to compete in the British team for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [5]
She won the British Universities 60 m title in March 2023, as well as the national U20 60 m title that month. [6] In August 2023, Eze became European U20 champion in the 100 metres in Jerusalem, Israel, pipping compatriot Renee Regis into silver by 0.01 seconds. [7] She lowered her personal best over 100 m to 11.37 s at the event. [8] Eze and Regis were then part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay team that won the silvermedal at the championships. [9]
In May 2024, she won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 100 metres title in a time of 11.49 seconds. [10] That month, she was selected to represent England at the Loughborough International. [11]
She finished second over 60 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships, in Birmingham, in February 2025. [12] She was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where she ran 7.20 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-final she ran 7.25 seconds and did not progress to the final. [13] [14] [15]
She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, winning a gold medal as part of the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team. [16] [17] On 2 August, she finished fourth in the final of the 100 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 11.35 seconds. [18] She was selected for the British relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [19]