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| Birth name | Temitope Simbiat Adeshina | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | High jump: 1.97m (Eugene, 2024) NR | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Temitope Simbiat Adeshina (born 11 November 1998) is a Nigerian high jumper. In 2024, she broke the national record in the high jump. [1]
In June 2022, she won the silver medal in tne high jump at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in St Pierre, Mauritius. [2]
She won the Nigerian championship high jump title in 2022. [3] She retained her Nigerian championship title in 2023. [4]
She joined Texas Tech University in 2023, and competing indoors in early 2024 jumped a personal best and national record height of 1.96 metres in Texas. [5]
At the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Oregon on 8 June 2024 she jumped a personal best, and national record, 1.97 metres to meet the Olympic 2024 qualifying standard. [6] [7] [8]
In July 2024, she was officially named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [9]
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