Oyesade "Sade" Olatoye (born 25 January 1997) is an Olympic athlete competing in the shot put and hammer throw. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria internationally. She competed for her country of birth in 2016 at the IAAF World U20 Championships in 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. Sade also competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing Nigeria in the Hammer Throw.
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) EventTime/MarkVenueDateNotesWeight throw24.46 mBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.9 March 2019NCAA Champion, #3 All-time in the NCAA Weight listWeight throw25.32 mBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.10 February 2023NR, #1 All-timeShot Put (ind)17.88 mBig Ten Ch., Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.23 February 20191st place, B1G ChampionHammer throw69.89 mJesse Owens Invitational, Jesse Owens Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.30 April 2021NRShot put (out)17.88 mNCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships, Austin, Texas, U.S.6 June 2019Discus throw56.68 mBig Ten Invite #3, Billy Hayes T& F Complex, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.16 April 2021
International competition Representing the 2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland15th (q)Hammer throw58.52 mRepresenting 2019African GamesRabat, MoroccoDQShot put16.61 mDQHammer throw63.97 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar26th (q)Shot put16.97 m2022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius1stHammer throw63.67 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States27th (q)Hammer throw65.71 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary30th (q)Hammer throw66.92 m2024African GamesAccra, Ghana2ndShot put16.61 m3rdHammer throw68.92 mAfrican ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon2ndHammer throw67.72 m2024Olympic GamesParis, France29th (q)Hammer throw66.41 m2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan21st (q)Hammer throw68.82 mIslamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia2ndShot put16.05 m2ndHammer throw63.34 m2026African ChampionshipsAccra, Ghana2ndHammer throw69.60 mCommonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom8thHammer throw63.27 m
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 BSc 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.
Early life and development Olatoye grew up in University Heights, Ohio a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, concentrating mainly on basketball, only starting to participate in track and field in the seventh grade. She starred in both sports at Dublin Coffman High School. Though sidelined for 1/2 of her senior year by a torn ACL, she was an all-state basketball player while scoring and having over 1000 points and rebounds in her career. She holds her high school records in the shot put and discus and won 4 state individual championships in track and field. Olatoye was a scholarship athlete at the Ohio State University (OSU), starting her college career in 2016 as a track and field athlete.
Career Pre-collegiate Olatoye attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. Olatoye was district champion several times and a three-time OHSAA Division I state outdoor champion (shot put, 2014–15 and discus, 2014), 2015 state runner-up in the discus, runner-up in the shot put at the 2013 OHSAA Championships and third as a freshman in 2012, fourth place in the discus and 14th in the shot put at the 2015 New Balance Outdoor Nationals, Ranked No. 7 in US in the girl's discus and No. 8 in the shot put as a senior in 2015.
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