Mabel Akande
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.26 s (Sheffield, 2024) 100 m: 11.27 s (Mannheim, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mabel Akande (born 5 September 2006) is a British sprinter. She came third at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres. She was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships over 100 metres.[1]
Biography
She is a member of Lincoln Wellington Athletic Club.[2][3] In 2023, she was selected for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Trinidad and Tobago where she won a silver medal as part of the English 4 × 100 m relay team.[4][5]
In February 2024, she became national under-20 champion and set a new personal best for the 60 metres, with a time of 7.26 seconds.[6][7] That month, and still aged 17 years-old, she came third at the senior British Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60 metres, running 7.32 in the final in Birmingham.[8]
In May 2024, she won the 100 metres at the Loughborough International in a personal best time of 11.52 seconds.[9] She ran 11.53 seconds in the semi-finals of the 100 m at the British Athletics Championships in Manchester on 29 June 2024. She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[10]
She finished runner-up to Amy Hunt over 60 metres at the Keely Klassic on 15 February 2025, in a time of 7.28 seconds.[11] In July 2025, she won the title over 100 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham with a wind-assisted time of 11.30 seconds (+3.3) after a wind-legal 11.36 in the semifinal.[12][13] She was named in the British team for the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, winning her 100 metres semi final in 11.48 (-0.2m/s) before winning the silver medal in the final behind Kelly Doualla of Italy, with 11.41 (-0.1).[14][15] She also anchored the British women's 4x100m relay team to the silver medal running alongside Nell Desir, Kaya Slater and Lucy Tallon to finish in 43.98 seconds.[16][17]
References
- ^ "Mabel Akande". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Lawrence, Tommy (22 Feb 2024). ""Overcrowded" – Lincoln's biggest athletics club desperate for an indoor facility". lsjnews.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (8 August 2025). "ITALIAN SPRINT SENSATION KELLY DOUALLA, 15, WINS EUROPEAN U20 100M GOLD". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Terrific Thursday for Team England at the Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Team England athletes selected for Trinidad and Tobago 2023". England Athletics. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Succession planning is in great shape: Age Group champs day 2". England Athletics. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (13 February 2024). "Records fall at England indoor age-group champs in Sheffield". Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "KJT shows fine early season form at Loughborough". Athletics Weekly. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "GB & NI SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMA 2024". British Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (15 February 2025). "British records fall at the Keely Klassic". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior & U20 Championships. Incorporating the Senior Para Championships, Powered by Citroën: A standard sort of Saturday". England Athletics. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (28 Jul 2025). "10 days to Tampere 2025! Hallberg Hossain and Lampinen impress at Nordic U20 Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Italian sprint star Doualla Edimo speeds through to 100m final". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "15-year-old Doualla blazes to brilliant 100m victory at Tampere 2025". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (10 August 2025). "Doualla strikes again! 15-year-old anchors Italy to 4x100m gold in Tampere". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "FITZGERALD SETS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD EN ROUTE TO SECOND GOLD". British Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.