FOLORUNSO Ayomide

Italy

Athletics

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ABEOKUTA

Birth Country:

Nigeria

Place of residence : FIDENZA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay ITA Italy

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (56.37)	5th (3:27.05)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (55.36)	Heats (3:27.57)
2017	London, GBR	SF (56.47)	Heats (3:27.81)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (3:27.07)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	5th (3:32.69)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	3rd (3:27.74)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (55.69)	5th (3:28.62)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m Hurdles
2021	1 x 7th
2020	1 x 8th
2019	1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
7	2021	400m Hurdles	Florence, ITA	56.92
8	2020	400m Hurdles	Rome, ITA	56.58
8	2019	400m Hurdles	Rome, ITA	55.99

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	Heats (53.24)	5th (3:31.55)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Ayo (fidal.it, 28 Jun 2016)

Hobbies:

Reading, arts. (Facebook page, 12 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Medicine, Surgery - University of Parma, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Club name:

Fiamme Oro [Italy]

Coach:

Maurizio Pratizzoli [personal], ITA

Start:

She took up athletics at middle school. (fidal.it, 28 Jun 2016)

Reason:

She showed promise in athletics, but her mother was against her training because she did not want her to be distracted from her studies. "[Coach] Maurizio Pratizzoli was very persuasive. The pact with my mother was that as long as my grades did not go down I could continue to go training." (fidal.it, 28 Jun 2016)

Hero:

US sprinter Allyson Felix. (sport.sky.it, 26 Sep 2019)

Influence:

Her mother, and coach Maurizio Pratizzoli. (fidal.it, 28 Jun 2016)

Philosophy:

"Don't give up because a quitter never wins and a winner never quits." (sport.sky.it, 26 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
TIME MANAGEMENT
She combines her athletics career with studying medicine. "The most challenging part for me is time management. Sometimes I successfully share my time between these two demanding and time consuming events but most of the time I honestly struggle and fail. Being a world class athlete and being a medical student both demand time and energy and I have to choose one over the other at turns, trying not to burn the candle too much at both ends. Initially I put my studies first over things like warm weather training camps but [since 2017] I've had to recheck my priorities and rearrange my schedule accordingly. Since studying is a very important part of evolving as a person, I'm not abandoning it anytime soon and all in all I really love what I am doing no matter how challenging." (european-athletics.org, 05 Sep 2019)

FROM NIGERIA TO ITALY
She was born in Nigeria and moved to Italy at age eight, but was initially shocked by the change of climate. "It was Christmas and it was freezing in Fidenza. I remember that I got sick, and I spent the first year perpetually cold and curled up under a blanket." (fidal.it, 28 Jun 2016)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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