Tade Ojora

Omotade Ojora (born 14 October 1999) is an athlete who represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland at hurdling. He has won the 110 metres hurdles events at the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025 UK Athletics Championships and the 60 metre hurdles at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships. He has competed in US college athletics for USC Trojans, achieving National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American honours three times. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life Ojora was born in London, England, on 14 October 1999. His ancestry is in the Ojora Family of Lagos. Ojora grew up in Nigeria and from the age of 8 went to school in England attending Summer Fields School and Eton College. In 2015, he came third in the 100 metres hurdles event at the English Schools' Athletic Association's National Championships. At Eton, he also played association football and rugby union. From 2019, Ojora attended the University of Southern California.

College career Ojora started competing for USC Trojans in 2019, and won his first two races for USC. He has received the National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American honours in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and came fourth in the 110 metres event at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Ojora became the British 110 metres hurdles champion after winning the event at the 2021 British Athletics Championships, in a time of 13.38 seconds, which was slower than the qualification time for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. He was a surprise winner, as Andrew Pozzi was the favourite for the event. He was not given an Olympic wildcard place, with David King being selected instead. King had a higher world ranking, as NCAA events do not count for World Athletics ranking points. Later in 2021, he won the 110 metres hurdles event at the National Athletics League meeting in London.

In 2022, Ojora defended his British title at the 2022 British Athletics Championships, in a time of 13.27 seconds. The race was run with a significant tail wind, and so Ojura could not use the time to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and his world ranking meant that he did not qualify for the championships. Ojora was selected for the 110 metres hurdles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games; it was his first international competition.

Ojora won his third 110 metres title at the 2023 British Athletics Championships. He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics where he went out in the semi-finals.

He won a fourth British outdoor title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.