Jami Schlueter

Jami Schlueter (born 26 October 2002) is a Nigerian multi-event athlete. He is the Nigerian national record holder in decathlon and heptathlon.

Biography Born in Germany to a Nigerian mother and German father, he has family in Ekiti State.

Schlueter placed tenth in decathlon at the 2024 NCAA Championships with 7739 points in June 2024. The following month, Schlueter placed third in decathlon at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Birmingham with 7452 points.

He won the Big Ten Conference silver medals for Washington in both the heptathlon and decathlon in 2025, and set a new personal best of 5,780 points in the heptathlon at the UW Invitational in Seattle that year.

On 13 November 2025, Schlueter became eligible to represent Nigeria having applied to change his allegiance from Great Britain.

Schlueter set a new Nigerian national record in the decathlon with a score of 7861 points at the 2026 Mt. SAC Relays, breaking the 2017 record from Peter Moreno. He broke the 8000 points barrier in decathlon for the first time in June 2026 in Dallas, Texas, scoring a tally of 8024 points. He placed seventh in decathlon at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Personal life While a student at the University of Washington he served as the university's Black Student Athlete Association President, with the university winning a National Award for Black Student Athlete Organisations. Alongside his athletics, he has worked as a Business Development and Project Management consultant.