Tosin Oke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tosin Oke

Nigerian triple jumper

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1980

Place of Birth: London

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Tosin Oke

  • 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.

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