Efekemo Okoro
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 21 February 1992 Birmingham, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprints |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400 m: 45.47 (Leuven, 2024) 400m hurdles: 48.89 (Manchester, 2024) Indoors 400 m: 46.72 (Apeldoorn, 2025) |
Efekemo Kieran Okoro (born 21 February 1992) is a British sprinter. He competed for Great Britain in the individual 400 metres and the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Okoro is from Great Barr in the West Midlands and is a member of the Birchfield Harriers.[2] He was named in the British relay team for the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England.[3] He was named in the British squad for the 2021 World Athletics Relays held in Chorzów, Poland.[4]
He finished third in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 British Athletics Championships.[5] He ran an indoors personal best of 46.72 seconds in the individual 400 metres in February 2025 in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[6] He was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships also held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[7] He ran in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay alongside Joshua Faulds, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Alastair Chalmers, in which they placed fourth overall.[8]
He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[9] He ran in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Charlie Dobson, Toby Harries and Rio Mitcham as the British quartet finished a close second to Belgium in their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[10]
On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Efekemo Okoro". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Birmingham stadium closure forces local athletes to train elsewhere". BBC Sport. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "Britain announces squad of 31 for IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018". World Athletics. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "Britain names World Athletics Relays team". World Athletics. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "UK Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials 2024: All results - complete list". Olympics.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ↑ Benatti, Andrea (3 February 2025). "L'olandese Chapple corre un gran 800 ad Apeldoorn: nuovo record nazionale". Atletikalive.
- ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ↑ "GB win three silvers on final day of European Indoors". BBC Sport. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS 2025". British Athletics. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI SECURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS ON CRUCIAL FIRST DAY AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". British Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.