Tito Odunaike

Tito Odunaike
Personal information
Born (2009-04-02) 2 April 2009 (age 17)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Coached byDavid Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsTriple jump: 16.12m (Mannheim, 2026) NU18B
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 RietiTriple jump

Tito Odunaike (born 2 April 2009) is a British triple jumper. As a 16-year-old, he won the senior national triple jump title at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships, before going on to win the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships.

Biography

From Milton Keynes, he is a member of Marshall Milton Keynes Athletic Club and a pupil at Harrow School. Odunaike was originally a long jumper and also played football and rugby before focusing on triple jump.

Odunaike won at the English Schools Championships in 2024 with a personal best 14.53 metres. In 2025, he jumped 15.65 metres to win at the English Schools Championships, moving to third on the British all-time under-17 list.

Odunaike won the England Athletics U20 indoor title in February 2026, improving his personal best multiple times on the day to 16.01 metres, a British under-18 best mark. The following week, he won the senior 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 14 February 2026, winning with a best jump of 15.75 metres in the sixth and final round, cementing his lead in the competition. At the age of 16 years-old, he became the youngest ever male winner of a British Indoor Championships title, surpassing the record that had stood since Phil Brown in 1979. He set a new personal best in June at the Mannheim International Gala, with 16.12m in the triple jump. He won the gold medal in the triple jump as a member of the Great Britain team at the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a championship record and equal personal best jump of 16.12 metres. He was also selected as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships. He was nominated for European Athletics Men’s Rising Star for 2026. In October 2026, he was selected for the 2026/27 Olympic Futures Programme awarded by UK Athletics. The following month, he was nominated for British U20 Male Athlete of the Year by Athletics Weekly.

References

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  12. ↑ "BRITISH RECORDS, EUROPEAN LEADS AND MEDALS MARK A SUCCESSFUL MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL GALA". British Athletics. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "ODUNAIKE, BULL AND ROWE STRIKE GOLD AS BRITAIN TOP THE MEDALS TABLE IN RIETI". Athletics Weekly. 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Adams, Tim (1 July 2026). "DIVINE IHEME, FREDDIE ROWE AND SONNY ALLEN LEAD GB EURO U18 TEAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (19 Jul 2026). "16.12m! Odunaike in triple jump takes Great Britain's fourth championship record of Rieti". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Adams, Tim (10 July 2026). "PHOEBE GILL AND JAKE ODEY-JORDAN LEAD GB WORLD U20 TEAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Nominees revealed! Vote for your 2026 Men's Rising Star of the Year". European Athletics. 15 Sep 2026. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "2026-27 Olympic Futures programme athletes announced". British Athletics. 29 October 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  19. ↑ "ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2026". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 November 2026.