 Ofili in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Cynthia Nonyelum Ofili | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British, American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1994 Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles 60 metres 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 12.50 (100 m hurdles) 7.89i (60 m hurdles) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cynthia Nonyelum Sember (née Ofili; born 5 August 1994) is an American-born British track and field athlete, specialising in sprint hurdles. She finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles final at the 2016 Olympic Games as a 22 year old but suffered significant injury set backs thereafter which interrupted most of the next Olympic cycle. Her first major international medal, a silver at the 2021 European Indoor Championships sparked a return to form and fitness that saw her finish fifth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and secure bronze for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, her first senior outdoor medal. She made the final of the same event at the 2022 European Athletics Championships but a stumble left her in 8th position in her third major final of the year.
Her time in the World Championships semi-finals, 12.50, is a British record in the outdoor event. Her 12.38 from the final is the fastest time ever run by a British athlete in the event, but was wind-assisted.
Domestically, Sember is a five-time British champion in the 100 metres hurdles.