Tosin Oke

Tosin Oke
Personal information
NationalityNigeria/United Kingdom
Born (1980-10-01) 1 October 1980
London, England
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country Nigeria
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
ClubMizuno
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking7th
Personal best17.23m
Medal record
African Championships in Athletics
2010 NairobiTriple jump
2012 Porto NovoTriple jump
2016 DurbanTriple jump
2014 MarrakechTriple jump
All-Africa Games
2011 MaputoTriple jump
2015 BrazzavilleTriple jump
Commonwealth Games
2010 New DelhiTriple jump
2014 GlasgowTriple jump
Updated on 227 August 2016

Oluwatosin Bamidele “Tosin” Oke (born 1 October 1980 in London, England) is a Nigerian track and field athlete, who competes in the triple jump. Born a dual national, he initially competed for Great Britain. He set the current UK junior indoor record and was 1 cm shy of the outdoor junior record. He was the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships Champion, and came 5th at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. After multiple indoor and outdoor UK titles, he later switched to compete for Nigeria. Since competing for Nigeria he has won back-to-back African Championships in Athletics titles and the Commonwealth Games championship and is the current All-Africa Games Champion. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Oke finished seventh in the triple jump final, the best Nigerian result of the Games.