Oyesade Olatoye

Oyesade "Sade" Olatoye (born 25 January 1997) is a Nigerian athlete competing in the shot put and hammer throw.[2] She represented the United States in 2016 at the IAAF World U20 Championships ion Bydgoszcz, Poland. She switched allegiance from the United States to Nigeria in 2019. She represented Nigeria in the shot put at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Earlier that year, she won two medals at the 2019 African Games.[3]

Oyesade Olatoye
Personal information
Full nameOyesade Olatoye
Nickname(s)Sade
Born (1997-01-25) 25 January 1997
Cleveland, Ohio
EducationOhio State University
Height6 ft (182.88 cm)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put, hammer throw
College teamOhio State Buckeyes[1]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Event Time/Mark Venue Date Notes
Weight throw 24.46 m Birmingham, AL, U.S. March 9, 2019 NCAA Champion, #3 All-time in the NCAA Weight list
Weight throw 25.32 m Birmingham, AL, U.S. February 10, 2023 NR, #1 All-time
Shot Put (ind) 17.88 m Big Ten Ch., Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. February 23, 2019 1st place, B1G Champion
Hammer throw 69.89 m Jesse Owens Invitational, Jesse Owens Stadium, Columbus, OH, U.S. April 30, 2021 NR
Shot put (out) 17.88 m NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships, Austin, TX,U.S. June 6, 2019
Discus throw 56.68 m Big Ten Invite #3, Billy Hayes T& F Complex, Bloomington, IN, U.S. April 16, 2021

International competition
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  United States
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th (q) Hammer throw 58.52 m
Representing  Nigeria
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st Shot put 16.61 m
3rd Hammer throw 63.97 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 26th (q) Shot put 16.97 m
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 1st Hammer throw 63.67 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 27th (q) Hammer throw 65.71 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 30th (q) Hammer throw 66.92 m

Personal

Born to Oye and Ade Olatoye. Her parents are Nigerians from Ekiti State. She has three older siblings, Bisi, Femi And Deji Olatoye. Sade grew up in Ohio but visited Nigeria very frequently, during her childhood, to see her family. Coming from an athletically and academically gifted family, Olatoye excelled throughout her entire collegiate career on and off the field. She graduated from the School of Health and Rehabilitation sciences at the Ohio State University in Spring 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She pursued her master's degree at Ohio State during her last collegiate year of athletics, with a degree in bioethics through the college of medicine. She completed her master's degree in the spring of 2023.

Early life and development

Olatoye grew up in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio, concentrating mainly on basketball, only starting to participate in track and field in the seventh grade. She starred in both sports at Dublin Coffman High School. Though sidelined for 1/2 of her senior year by a torn ACL, she was an all-state basketball player while scoring and having over 1000 points and rebounds in her career. She holds her high school records in the shot put and discus and won 4 state individual championships in track and field. Olatoye was a scholarship athlete at the Ohio State University (OSU), starting her college career in 2016 as a track and field athlete.

Career

Pre-Collegiate

Olatoye attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, OH. Olatoye was not only District Champion several times but she is also a three-time OHSAA Division I state outdoor champion (shot put, 2014–15 and discus, 2014), 2015 state runner-up in the discus, Runner-up in the shot put at the 2013 OHSAA Championships and third as a freshman in 2012, Fourth place in the discus and 14th in the shot put at the 2015 New Balance Outdoor Nationals, Ranked No. 7 in U.S. in the girl's discus and No. 8 in the shot put as a senior in 2015.

References
  1. "College bio". Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. Oyesade Olatoye at World Athletics
  3. "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.


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