| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 March 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Club | Blackheath & Bromley AC |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus: 58.17 m (2025) |
Zara Obamakinwa (born 30 March 2004) is a British discus thrower. A national under-20 record holder she went on to compete for Great Britain at the European Throwing Cup and the European Athletics Team Championships in 2025. [1]
From Strood, she started-out competing in shot put before trying the discus throw for the first time in 2016 under coach Mark Chapman. [2] She attended Queen Anne's School in Caversham where she completed A-levels in computer science, maths, and physics. [3]
She reached the final of the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [4] Competing as a Blackheath & Bromley athlete, she broke the 16-year-old British under-20 national record with 55.99m when winning bronze at the 2023 British Athletics Championships. [5]
She finished second with a throw of 53.23 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships. [6] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [7]
On 1 March 2025, she threw a personal best 55.06 metres at the UK Winter Long Throws Championships, in Loughborough. [8] [9] She was selected to represent Great Britain at the European Throwing Cup later that month. [10] In May 2025, she increased her personal best again, to 58.17 metres whilst competing in London, and then won the discus at the Loughborough International competing for England, with a throw of 57.25 metres. [11] [12] [13]
She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, placing fourteenth overall, helping the Great Britain team to finish in fifth place overall. [14] [15] [16] She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen. [17]
On 3 August 2025, she became the British discus throw champion, after winning the title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a throw of 55.90 metres. [18] [19]