Celine Obinna-Alo

Celine Obinna-Alo (born 28 April 2010) is a British sprinter. In 2025, she set the British women's under-17 best time for the 60 metres.

Early life Born in Middlesbrough, and from Linthorpe, Obinna-Alo attends Venerable Bede Church of England Academy in Tyne and Wear.

Career Trained by British Olympic medalist sprinter Richard Kilty, and a member of Gateshead Harriers, in February 2025 Obinna-Alo became Englsh indoor U17 champion over 60 metres, at the age of 14 years-old. In the final she ran 7.38 seconds, a championship record, 0.03 seconds outside Asha Philip’s British under-17 record.

In May 2025, she won the Loughborough International Athletics 100 metres race with a personal best time of 11.69 seconds. In 2025, she became the youngest sportsperson in Britain to be signed by sportswear brand Nike. In December, still aged 15 years-old, she improved the British under-17 best for 60 metres, running 7.34 seconds at Lee valley breaking the previous record set by Asha Philip of 7.35 seconds in 2007.

Obinna-Alo was selected as a member of the Great Britain team for the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships in Italy. On the opening day she completed her preliminary heat in a personal best of 11.45 seconds (+1.8), prior to winning the bronze medal in the final behind Kelly Doualla and Apostolia Antonatou, running 11.50 seconds.