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| Nationality | Nigeria/United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1980 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mizuno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 17.23m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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.[1] 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.
- ^ David Rivers (26 November 2015). "Olympic athlete Tosin Oke visits Ealing primary school". GetWestLondon. Retrieved 17 December 2015.