Naomi Metzger () (born 18 April 1998) is a British

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

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. She holds a personal best of 14.37 m (set in 2022) and is a ten-time British champion (6 outdoors, 4 indoors). She represented Great Britain in the triple jump at the

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and

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European Athletics Championships, the

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and the

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. She also represented England in the triple jump at the

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, winning a Bronze medal in a new personal best of 14.37m.

Career

Ogbeta began taking part in

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at the age of 13, signing up with Salford Metropolitan Athletics Club. She won two

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schools titles over

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in 2012 and 2013. She joined Trafford AC in

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in 2014 and,Halford, Paul (8 November 2018
Naomi Ogbeta’s triple talent
''Athletics Weekly''. Retrieved 2019-09-28. after a switch to the triple jump, she won the

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.Naomi Ogbeta
Power of 10. Retrieved 28 September 2019. Having won her first English under-20 title, she made her international debut at the

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and narrowly missed out on the final, jumping the same distance of 12.75 m as qualifier Yelena Drozhilina. In 2016 she was the English Under-20 Champion both indoors and out. Ogbeta won a third under-20 English title in 2017 and was indoor and outdoor champion at the British University Championships. Her career reached new heights with a win at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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. Ogbeta began 2018 with a runner-up finish at the

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, then wins at the BUCS Championships and the England U23 Championships. She repeated as national champion at the

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, gained selection for the British team at the Athletics World Cup, where she was sixth, and the

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, where she was twelfth in her first major final having set a personal best of 14.15 m in qualifying.Naomi Ogbeta
IAAF. Retrieved 28 September 2019. She won at the

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with 14.05 m – her first clearance over fourteen metres indoors. She was 2 centimetres off qualifying for the final at the

, taking ninth place. She won the English U23 title and a third straight British title at the

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. She placed fourth at the

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and seventh at the

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that summer. She was invited to compete at the

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based on her IAAF world ranking, but was not selected for the team by British Athletics. Instead she attended the championships in a media capacity, providing an athlete perspective in the BBC's television coverage. She became British champion for the fourth successive year when winning the triple jump event at the

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with a jump of 13.44 metres.

Personal life

She lives in Salford. Her brother,

Nathanael Ogbeta Nathanael Simeon Ogbeta (born 28 April 2001) is an English people, English professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full back for club Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City. He will sign ...

, is a footballer. She attended the University of Manchester, studying politics and quantitative methods, and was a member of the comedy society there. She was a member of the Salford Youth Council and has appeared on BBC News television and radio, discussing Brexit. She is of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage.🖉

International competitions

National titles

* British Athletics Championships ** Triple jump:

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* British Indoor Athletics Championships ** Triple jump:

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogbeta, Naomi 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Salford Athletes from Manchester British female triple jumpers English female triple jumpers British Athletics Championships winners English people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent Alumni of the University of Manchester BBC sports presenters and reporters Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games