Daisy Osakue (born 16 January 1996) is an Italian discus thrower who came 5th at the

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. She competed at the

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, in Discus throw. Osakue holds the NCAA Division II women's discus record of 61.35 m, and her throw of 63.66 m on 31 July 2021 during the qualifying round of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics established a new national record for Italy. Osakue's Coach is

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, former Italian discus thrower.

Biography

Osakue was born in Turin to Nigerian parents and became a

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Italian citizen at the age of 18.

Athletics accomplishments

She attended

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in San Angelo, Texas, where she became an eight-time NCAA Division II All-American in the women's discus. She is a two-time Division II national champion (2018 and 2019). In 2019 she set the Division II record for the longest discus throw at She is also a second team Division II All-American in the high jump. In 2018, after having established the 4th all-time Italian performance in the discus throw, she obtained the standard

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and EAA and was called by DT

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to represent Italy at the European Championships in Berlin. In 2021 she participated in the

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in Tokyo, representing Italy.

Assault

On 30 July 2018, in her home town of Moncalieri, an egg was thrown at Osakue from a passing car. Her eye needed to be surgically operated on to remove a shard of the egg's shell. Osakue believed the egging was because of racism. Three young men, including the son of a local

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councillor, were indicted; one admitted seven cases of egging strangers in the last two months. The case went to trial without an aggravated charge of racial motivation, which was not contested by prosecutors. Many Italian politicians, foreign and domestic news websites, published fake news about the case.

Statistics

National records

* Discus throw (Under 23): 59.72 m ( San Angelo, Texas, 8 April 2018) - current holder * Discus throw: 64.57 m ( Pietrasanta, 11 June 2023) - current holder

Achievements

National titles

Osakue won six national championships at individual

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level. * Italian Athletics Championships **Discus throw: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 *

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**Discus throw: 2022, 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osakue, Daisy 1996 births Living people Italian female discus throwers Italian people of Nigerian descent Naturalised citizens of Italy Sportspeople from Turin FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Italian Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Italy European Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics