Charles Edward Godfred (born 17 April 2004) is a Nigerian long jumper. He was African under-20 champion in 2023, and winner of the Nigerian Athletics Championships in 2024 and 2025.[1]
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Long jump 8.16 m (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
editGodfred won the African U20 Athletics Championships in 2023 in Ndola, Zambia, with a jump of 7.86 metres.[2] That year, he also ran a 100 metres time of 10.96 seconds (+0.2 m/s wind) and finished third in the 100 metres at the 3rd African Golden League meet in Abuja and signed-up to attend the University of Minnesota in the United States.[3]
Competing for the University of Minnesota in 2024, he placed sixth at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June, with a jump of 7.90 metres.[4] He was the winner of the Nigerian Olympic Trials in Benin City later in June 2024, making a personal best jump of 8.16 metres, a distance which was the furthest by a Nigerian since Stanley Gbagbeke in 2012, and moved him to seventh on the Nigerian all-time list.[5][6]
In March 2025, he jumped 7.93 metres to win the men's long jump at the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta.[7] In May, he won the Big Ten Conference in Eugene, Oregon with a jump of 8.05 metres.[8] Godfred finished fourth at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June in Eugene, Oregon, the highest finish in the event in the Minnesota Gophers program history.[9]
In 2025, Godfred retained his national title at the Nigerian Athletics Championships in Abeokuta with a jump of 7.95 metres.[10] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[11][12]
In May 2026, Godfred won a third consecutive long jump title with a best distance of 7.99m at the Big Ten Championships.[13]
References
edit- ↑ "Charles Edward Godfred". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "African U20 Championships". World Athletics. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Gophers Announce 2023-24 Signing Class of 30 Student-Athletes". Gopher Sports. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Nigerian Championships". World Athletics. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Long jump milestone as 3 Nigerian jumpers soar to record-breaking marks at Olympic trials in Benin". Pulse Sports. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ Taiwo, Jide (March 9, 2025). "Charles Godfred Shines with 7.93m Long Jump Win At Arizona Spring Break Fiesta". Sports247. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships Recap: Day Two". Big Ten. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Gophers leading after Day 1 of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship". Sports Illustrated. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Nigerian Championships". World Athletics. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ↑ Adebayo, Olusola (31 August 2025). "Amusan, Brumen, In as AFN Unveils 15-Man Squad for World Athletics Championships, Ofili Missing". Bluewin.ch. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "AXELINA JOHANSSON CRUSHES MEET RECORD, WAVES FLAG FOR NEBRASKA AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dye Stat. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.