Success Eduan

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Success Eduan
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.39 (2023)
200 m: 22.53 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Relays
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Bergen 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Bergen 4x100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Jerusalem 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 4 × 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Jerusalem 4 × 100 m

Success Eduan (born 27 September 2004) is a British sprinter. She won the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships title over 200 metres. [1]

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Early life

From Blackley, Manchester, she attended St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School in Moston, Manchester, where she was head girl. [2] Her athletic talent was spotted early at the school whilst running cross-country. [3] She later attended Loreto College, Manchester. [4] She later studied midwifery at the University of Salford. [5]

Career

She won a gold medal and a bronze medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in July 2021. She won bronze in the 200 m and gold after anchoring the victorious women's 4 × 100 m relay. [6] [7]

In 2022, she won the national U20 title over 200 metres, and was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships. [8] [9]

In February 2023, she won the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 200 metres with a time of 23.49 seconds. [10] [11] In August 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 200 metres. [12] She was then part of a 4 × 100 m relay team that won silver at the championships. [13]

In May 2024, she finished runner-up to Joy Eze at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 100 metres title in a time of 11.52 seconds, running for Salford University. [14] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [15] Eduan ran the anchor leg for the Great Britain team which won gold in the women's 4 × 100 metres at the World Athletics Relays Championship on 11 May 2025. [5] She won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway in 22.74 seconds. [16] Later in the championships, she anchored the British women's 4 x 100 metres relay team to gold in a championship record time of 42.92 seconds. [17]

She finished in fourth place in the 200 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, in a personal best 22.53 seconds. [18] She was selected for the British relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [19]

References

  1. "Success Eduan". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. Roberts, Kit (6 March 2025). "The Manchester sprinter with sport's 'last taboo' in her sights". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. Hinds, Rodney (3 August 2021). "A real teenage Success story in Manchester has her eyes firmly on Paris Olympics in 2024". Voice-Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. "Athlete's Futures Programme selects Manchester athlete Success Eduan". Manchesterschoolspe.co.uk. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Eduan powers GB women to 4x100m relay gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. "Gold rush for Britain at the European U20 Champs". Athletics Weekly. July 18, 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. "Three relay titles propel Great Britain to the top of the medal table in Tallinn". European Athletics. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. "Sun-sensational! Day 2 report for U23 and U20 champs". Englandathletics. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. July 20, 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. "British Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Results". 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. "CAPTAIN CARVELL WINS SUPERB SILVER AS GB&NI WIN FOUR MORE EURO U20 MEDALS". British Athletics. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  13. "GB & NI CLAIM 4X400M RELAY GOLD & TWO SILVERS TO END EURO U20S ON HIG". British Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  14. "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. May 9, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  15. "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  16. Mills, Steven (19 July 2025). "Eduan holds off Jaeger in a dramatic 200m final in Bergen". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  17. Broadbent, Chris (20 Jul 2025). "France and Great Britain smash championship records in 4x100m finals". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  18. "UK Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  19. Henderson, Jason (26 August 2025). "BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2025.