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| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.29s (Sheffield, 2024) 100m: 11.53s (Castellon, 2023) 200m: 23.44s (Jerusalem, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
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Faith Akinbileje (born 21 September 2005) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]
Career
[edit]From Chatham, Kent,[2] Akinbileje is a member of the Blackheath and Bromley Athletics Club where she is a training partner to Dina Asher-Smith. She was voted as the Athletics Weekly British U20 female athlete of the year in 2022.[3][4] In the July of that year, she won gold medals at the European U18 Championship in Jerusalem, in both the 200m and the medley relay.[5][6] She was selected for the 4x100m relay team for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[7]
She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel in August 2023.[8]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British national indoor championships in the 60 metres event, running 7.34 in the final in Birmingham to finish fourth.[9]
In June 2024 she lowered her personal best to 11.51 for the 100 metres.
References
[edit]- ^ "Faith Akinbileje". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Canterbury's Ruben Harris wins wheelchair tennis triple while Kent youngsters also excel in athletics, hockey, cycling and triathlon in School Games National Finals". Kent Online. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (June 30, 2023). "Five athletes to watch at the English Schools Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC impress in Italy". England Athletics. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Gold rush for British under-18 athletes in Jerusalem". Athletics Weekly. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (July 8, 2022). "British under-18 athletes rule Europe". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. Jul 20, 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "FINAL SELECTIONS CONFIRMED FOR THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.