Oyesade Olatoye

Oyesade "Sade" Olatoye (born 25 January 1997) is a Nigerian athlete competing in the shot put and hammer throw. She represented the United States in 2016 at the IAAF World U20 Championships ion Bydgoszcz, Poland. She switched allegiance from the United States to Nigeria in 2019. She represented Nigeria in the shot put at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Earlier that year, she won two medals at the 2019 African Games. Personal bests Outdoor Shot put – 17.88 (Austin 2019) Discus throw – 56.68 (Bloomington 2021) Hammer throw – 69.89 (Columbus 2021) Weight throw – 25.32 (Nashville 2023) Indoor Shot put – 17.88 (Ann Arbor 2019) International competition Personal Born to Oye and Ade Olatoye. Her parents are Nigerians from Ekiti State. She has three older siblings, Bisi, Femi And Deji Olatoye. Sade grew up in Ohio but visited Nigeria very frequently, during her childhood, to see her family. Coming from an athletically and academically gifted family, Olatoye excelled throughout her entire collegiate career on and off the field. She graduated from the School of Health and Rehabilitation sciences at the Ohio State University in Spring 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She pursued her master's degree at Ohio State during her last collegiate year of athletics, with a degree in bioethics through the college of medicine. She completed her master's degree in the spring of 2023.