Zara Obamakinwa
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 March 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus: 58.17m (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]
Early life
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]
Career
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]
References
- ^ "Zara OBAMAKINWA". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Zara Obamakinwa: Strood's discus thrower". Communityad. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Queen Anne's Caversham student scores place at World Athletics U20 Championships in Columbia". inyourarea.co.uk. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "OBAMAKINWA, ASHURST AND TUTTON AMONG THOSE TO REACH WORLD U20 FINALS". British Athletics. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (Apr 2, 2024). "Steve Backley on how to revive Britain's ailing throws events". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "UK Winter Long Throws Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Throwing down early PBs - All the action from the Winter Long Throws Championships". England Athletics. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "EIGHT ATHLETES SELECTED FOR GB & NI FOR THE EUROPEAN THROWING CUP IN CYPRUS". British Athletics. 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Kickstarting the season at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "MOLLY PALMER IMPRESSES IN LOUGHBOROUGH LONG JUMP AS JAZ SAWYERS RETURNS". Athletics Weekly. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC Spring Open". World Athletics. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Mallows, Tom (29 June 2025). "GB finish fifth at European Athletics Team Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. June 12, 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "SPRINTING TO SUCCESS FOR GB&NI TEAM ON DAY 2 OF THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPS". British Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.