{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Jake Odey-Jordan | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British | country = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|12|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hackney, London, UK | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6'1 | weight = | pb = {{ubl |'''100 m''': 10.07 (2026) |'''200 m''': 20.33 (2026) |'''60 m''': 6.70 (2026) }}| | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Lima|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2024 Lima|200 m}} }} '''Jake Odey-Jordan''' (born 22 December 2007) is a British sprinter. He won bronze at the 2024 U20 World Championships over 200 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jake-odey-jordan-15077435 |title=Jake Odey-Jordan|access-date=28 August 2024|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
==Early life== He was born in Hackney, East London, and lived in Essex, London.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 July 2024|title= Exciting men's sprint and middle distances prospects on show Banska Bystrica|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-exciting-mens-sprint-and-middle-distances-prospects-on-show-banska-bystrica |website=European Athletics|access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> He attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, Maryland, and during the 2023 outdoor season recorded a win in the Freshman 200 at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. He then moved to the Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., for their superior track facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=668547|website=Runnerspace|access-date=31 August 2024|title= JAKE ODEY-JORDAN LOOKING TO KEEP BUILDING UPON SUCCESS AT NEW BALANCE NATIONALS INDOOR|date=16 April 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Competing at the New Balance Indoors Championships in March 2024, he won the 200 metres in 20.66 seconds and was part of the winning {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} relay team.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicky|last=Wolcott|date=11 March 2024|title=Quincy Wilson, Bullis track punctuate record-breaking season at nationals|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/11/quincy-wilson-bullis-nationals/| newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> In the spring of 2024, he set a new 100 metres personal best in 10.38 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sam|last=James|date=20 June 2024|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/20/boys-track-all-met/ |title= 2024 Spring All-Met: Boys' track and field first team, relays, honorable mention|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> He later lowered his 200 metres personal best to 20.55 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://7news.com.au/sport/athletics/british-athletics-prodigy-jake-odey-jordan-makes-unthinkable-error-in-baffling-200m-disaster-c-15422789.amp|website=7news.com.au|access-date=31 August 2024|title= British athletics prodigy Jake Odey-Jordan makes unthinkable error in baffling 200m 'disaster'|first=Harrison|last=Reid|date=21 July 2024}}</ref>
He competed at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia in July 2024. Whilst leading his 200 metres qualification heat by a significant distance, he slowed down dramatically and was overtaken before the line and did not progress.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-21/jake-odey-jordan-loses-after-taking-foot-off-the-pedal/104123420 |website=abc.net.au|access-date=31 August 2024|title= British runner Jake Odey-Jordan goes viral after taking the foot off the pedal too early in 200m race|date=21 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/jake-odey-jordan-200m-error-european-athletics-u18-championships-great-britain_sto20019333/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|access-date=31 August 2024|title= JAKE ODEY-JORDAN MAKES EMBARRASSING ERROR AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS - 'IT IS MY FAULT' |date=19 July 2024}}</ref> After the race, he said he admitted he was at fault and "so I cannot be sad about anything but myself".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.sky.com/story/british-sprinter-16-suffers-disaster-in-race-after-he-slows-at-finish-line-and-gets-overtaken-13181914|website=Sky.com|access-date=31 August 2024|title= British sprinter, 16, suffers 'disaster' in race after he slows at finish line and gets overtaken|date=20 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://talksport.com/olympics/1974291/jake-odey-jordan-european-u18-championships-mistake/|website=Talksport|access-date=31 August 2024|title= 'An absolute disaster' – British sprinter Jake Odey-Jordan vows to learn from mistake after calamitous error|first=Jake|last=Lambourne|date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
He was the bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-four-afternoon-lima-24-track-walaza-hodge-moraa-hill|website=World Athletics|access-date=31 August 2024|title= Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima|date=31 August 2024}}</ref> Later at the Championships, he won silver in the 4 x 100 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-five-afternoon-lima-24-fayisa-serem-ruland|website=World Athletics|date=1 September 2024|title= Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/young-athlete-news/usa-top-medals-table-at-world-under-20-champs-in-lima-1039992127/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= USA top medals table at World Under-20 Champs in Lima|first=Jason |last=Henderson |access-date=Sep 1, 2024 |date=1 September 2024}}</ref>
In October 2024, he was nominated by ''Athletics Weekly'' for best British male junior.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/vote-for-your-athletes-of-2024-1039994035/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= Vote for your athletes of 2024|first=Jason|last= Henderson | date=Oct 30, 2024 |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. On the same day he signed with WME marketing Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/2024-25-olympic-futures-programme-athletes-announced/|access-date=11 November 2024|date= 11 November 2024|website=British Athletics|title=2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED}}</ref> In December 2024, he signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) contract with ''New Balance''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/new-balance-high-school-nil-deals-signings-details-athletes|website=Citiusmag|access-date=18 December 2024|title=New Balance Announces Five New High School Stars Signed To NIL Deals|first=Chris|last=Chavez|date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
He was named in the British team for the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, qualifying for the final in 21.28 seconds but later withdrew.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/novuna-gb-ni-team-announced-for-the-u20-european-athletics-championships-in-finland/|website=British Athletics|access-date=30 July 2025|title= NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE U20 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/henrich-belshaw-and-mirfin-win-gold-on-spectacular-saturday-in-tampere/|website=British Athletics|access-date=10 August 2025|title= HENRICH, BELSHAW, AND MIRFIN WIN GOLD ON SPECTACULAR SATURDAY IN TAMPERE|date=10 August 2025}}</ref> In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/2025-26-olympic-futures-programme-athletes-announced/ |date=23 October 2025|title= 2025-26 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED|access-date=23 October 2025|website=British Athletics}}</ref>
On 17 January 2026, he ran the second fastest indoors 300m time in American high-school history with 32:63 behind Tate Taylor at the VA Showcase.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=674003 |title=BULLIS MD BUILDS ON RELAY LEGACY, BREAKS OWN MIXED 4X400 RECORD AT VA SHOWCASE|date=17 Jan 2026|access-date=18 Jan 2026|website=Runnerspace}}</ref> The time also set a British record at the less-commonly run distance, surpassing Robert Tobin's mark set in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/records-and-world-leads-set-over-eventful-indoor-weekend-1040009582/|website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=19 Jan 2026|title= RECORDS AND WORLD LEADS SET OVER EVENTFUL INDOOR WEEKEND|date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref> He became the Nike Indoor Nationals 200 champion. In April, he broke his own British record for 300 m at the Miramar Invitational, running 32.43.<ref>{{cite web|website=Dye Stat|url= https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=674549-Kishane-Thompson-Runs-World-150m-Best-At-Miramar-Invitational |access-date=5 April 2026|title= KISHANE THOMPSON RUNS WORLD 150M BEST AT MIRAMAR INVITATIONAL |date=4 April 2026}}</ref> Later that month, Odey-Jordan ran a wind-assisted 9.94 (+3.3) for the 100 metres in Gainesville, Florida, faster than the European U20 all-conditions record for the 100 metres previously held by Mark Lewis-Francis.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.atleticalive.it/en/odey-jordan-9-94-hodge-10-77-morales-williams-44-30-gainesville-tom-jones-memorial/#|website=Atletica Live|accessdate=19 April 2026|title= Odey-Jordan (U20) 9.94 (w), Hodge 10.77, Anthony 9.91 and Morales Williams 44.30 headline Gainesville|first=Andrea| last=Benatti|date=18 April 2026}}</ref> Running over 200 m at the same meeting, he ran a wind-legal personal best of 20.33 to move to fifth on the European U20 all-time list, earning a victory over two-time world 100m medallist Trayvon Bromell.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/fastest-ever-seasons-debut-for-amy-hunt-in-gainesville|title= Fastest ever season's debut for Amy Hunt in Gainesville |first=Jasmine|last=Trapnell|date=19 Apr 2026|access-date=21 April 2026| website=European Athletics}}</ref> On 17 May 2026, he ran a 100 m personal best of 10.07 s (+1.6) at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo, placing third in 10.09 in the final behind Noah Lyles and Tate Taylor.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7233064?eventId=10229630&gender=M |title=SEIKO Golden Grand Prix|date=17 May 2026|access-date=17 May 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/seiko-golden-grand-prix-2026-lyles-john|title=Lyles helps to light up Tokyo with 100m win at Seiko Golden Grand Prix|date=17 May 2026|access-date=17 May 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref> The time moved him to equal fourth on the European U20 all-time list.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/weekend-watch-john-breaks-50-second-barrier-for-the-first-time-with-49-85-in-tokyo |title=John breaks 50 second-barrier for the first time with 49.85 in Tokyo |date=17 May 2026|access-date=17 May 2026|website=European Athletics}}</ref>
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