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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m: 51.04s (Espoo, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yemi Mary John (born 3 May 2003) is a British track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
Yemi Mary John ran a new personal best to finish runner up in the 400 metres at the 2021 European Under-20 Championships in Tallinn. [1]
She was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay team that finished fifth at the 2022 World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade. [2]
John was crowned the winner at the 2022 World U20 Championship 400 m event in Cali, Colombia as she lowered her personal best throughout the rounds to win the final in 51.50 seconds, the second fastest time ever recorded by a British under-20 athlete, after Linsey MacDonald's 51.16 s from 1980. She later also won bronze in the 4x400 m relay race at the event. [3] [4]
Competing at the British Athletics Championships in July 2023, in Manchester, England, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 3rd place. [5] She was selected as part of the Great Britain team for the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland. [6] Yemi Mary John won a gold medal in the 400m at the event, with compatriot Keely Hodgkinson in third. [7]
She was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8] Running the anchor leg in the mixed 4 x 400-metre relay, she took advantage of a late, dramatic fall by Femke Bol of the Netherlands to win world silver, her first senior representative medal. [9] A week later, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, winning a bronze medal.
John has a Nigerian father (Christopher Olanrewaju John) and an Italian mother (Gabriella Faciotti) who lives in London. [10] She was set to join the University of Michigan as a freshman in 2023, [11] but signed for the University of Southern California. [12]
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 400 m: 51.04s (Espoo, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yemi Mary John (born 3 May 2003) is a British track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
Yemi Mary John ran a new personal best to finish runner up in the 400 metres at the 2021 European Under-20 Championships in Tallinn. [1]
She was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay team that finished fifth at the 2022 World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade. [2]
John was crowned the winner at the 2022 World U20 Championship 400 m event in Cali, Colombia as she lowered her personal best throughout the rounds to win the final in 51.50 seconds, the second fastest time ever recorded by a British under-20 athlete, after Linsey MacDonald's 51.16 s from 1980. She later also won bronze in the 4x400 m relay race at the event. [3] [4]
Competing at the British Athletics Championships in July 2023, in Manchester, England, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 3rd place. [5] She was selected as part of the Great Britain team for the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland. [6] Yemi Mary John won a gold medal in the 400m at the event, with compatriot Keely Hodgkinson in third. [7]
She was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8] Running the anchor leg in the mixed 4 x 400-metre relay, she took advantage of a late, dramatic fall by Femke Bol of the Netherlands to win world silver, her first senior representative medal. [9] A week later, she ran in the heats of the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, winning a bronze medal.
John has a Nigerian father (Christopher Olanrewaju John) and an Italian mother (Gabriella Faciotti) who lives in London. [10] She was set to join the University of Michigan as a freshman in 2023, [11] but signed for the University of Southern California. [12]