Ayomide Folorunso

Ayomide Folorunso
	Folorunso in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	Ayomide Temilade Oluwatoyosi Folorunso
Nationality	Nigerian, Italian
Born	17 October 1996 (age 28); Abeokuta, Nigeria
Education	University of Parma
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres, 400 metres hurdles
Club	Fiamme Oro
Coached by	Laurent Meuwly
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 52.01 (2023); 400 m hs: 53.89 (2023);
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
IAAF World Relays
European Games
Universiade
Mediterranean Games
European U23 Championships
European Junior Championships

Ayomide Temilade Oluwatoyosi Folorunso (born 17 October 1996) is an Nigerian-Italian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.^[3] She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

Biography

Her family is originally from Nigeria, but since 2004 Ayomide has settled with her parents, mother Mariam and father Emmanuel, a mining geologist, in Fidenza. She failed to wear the azzurro at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics despite having obtained the minimum in five specialties, because she received her Italian passport a few days after the world championship,^[4] therefore she is member of the Italy national athletics team.

National records

400 metres hurdles: 53.89 at the 2023 World Championships semi-finals in Budapest, Hungary, 22 August 2023.
4x400 metres relay indoor: 3:31.55 (Birmingham, England, 4 March 2018) - current holder with Chiara Bazzoni, Raphaela Lukudo, Maria Enrica Spacca^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	400 m hurdles	58.34
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	3rd	400 m hurdles	58.44
	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.45
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.07
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	400 m hurdles	55.50
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.37
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.05
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.87
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m hurdles	55.82
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.31
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	400 m hurdles	55.63
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.56¹
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18th (h)	400 m	53.24
	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.55
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdle	55.44
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.08
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	8th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.69
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.62
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	400 m	57.96
	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.90
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.74
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	1st	400 m hurdles	54.75
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.36
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.57
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.69
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.34
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.45
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	400 m hurdles	55.91
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.61
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	400 m hurdles	54.19
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.86
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (h)	400 m	53.15
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	400 m hurdles	55.20
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	16th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.92

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres: 11.83 (+0.5 m/s) – Rubiera, Italy, 13 September 2016
200 metres: 23.53 (+0.7 m/s) – Casalmaggiore, Italy, 12 September 2016
400 metres: 52.25 – Modena, Italy, 5 May 2016
400 metres hurdles: 53.89 – Budapest, Hungary, 22 August 2023

Indoor

200 metres: 23.86 – Padua, Italy, 2016
400 metres: 52.97 – Madrid, Spain, 2017

National titles

Italian Athletics Championships
- 400 metres hurdles: 2016, 2019
Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 400 metres: 2016, 2017, 2020

References

^ "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ "Ayomide Folorunso". IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ "Ayomide Folorunso Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ "Women's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links

Ayomide Folorunso at World Athletics
Ayomide Folorunso at Diamond League
Ayomide Folorunso at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Ayomide Folorunso at Olympics.com
Ayomide Folorunso at Olympedia

[1] "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[2] "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[3] "Ayomide Folorunso". IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[4] "Ayomide Folorunso Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[5] "Women's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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