Funminiyi Olajide
{{Short description|British long jumper (born 2002)}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Long jump
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Funminiyi Olajide (born 4 June 2002) is a British long jumper.{{cite web|title= Funminiyi Olajide|website=World Athletics|accessdate=11 March 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/funminiyi-olajide-14759111}}
Career
She is from Thurrock, and attended William Edwards School in Grays, Essex.{{cite web|url=https://www.yourthurrock.com/2018/09/01/athletics-thurrocks-funminiyi-impresses-national-school-games/|website=Your Thurrock|accessdate=11 March 2025|title= Athletics: Thurrock’s Funminiyi impresses at National School Games|date=September 1, 2018}} In January 2018, she won the long jump at the South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley with a personal best or 5.96 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.yourthurrock.com/2018/01/09/athletics-funminiyi-strikes-gold-indoor-champs//|website=Your Thurrock|accessdate=11 March 2025|title= Athletics: Funminiyi strikes Gold at Indoor Champs |date=January 9, 2018}} A member of the Thurrock Harriers, she finished sixth with a jump of 6.28m at the British Athletics Championships, in July 2022.{{cite web|url= https://www.yourthurrock.com/2022/07/06/athletics-impressive-performances-by-thurrock-harriers/ |website=Your Thurrock|accessdate=11 March 2025|title= Athletics: Impressive performances by Thurrock Harriers |date=July 6, 2022}}
She attended College in the United States at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, winning Second Team All-American honors with a tenth place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024.{{cite web|url= https://theamerican.org/news/2024/3/9/five-american-athletes-earn-first-team-all-america-honors-at-ncaa-indoor-track-field-championships.aspx|website=The American|accessdate=11 March 2025|title= Five American Athletes Earn First Team All-America Honors at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships|date=9 March 2024}}
She jumped a personal best 6.67 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7222067?eventId=10229528&gender=W|website=World Athletics|date=14 February 2025|title=Tyson International|accessdate=11 March 2025}} She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-world-athletics-indoors-championships-2025/|website=British Athletics|date= 11 March 2025|accessdate=11 March 2025|title=
GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025}}
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Category:British female long jumpers
Category:English female long jumpers