Rhasidat Adeleke

Rhasidat Adeleke ( rə-SHEE-də AD-ə-LEK-ay, Yoruba: [ādélékè]; born 29 August 2002) is an Irish sprinter and Olympian. She was the silver medalist in the 400 m at the 2024 European Championships and the silver medalist in the 200 m at the 2026 European Championship in Birmingham, running a national record. She was a member of the European Championship-winning Irish 4 × 400 metre mixed relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, and its silver medal-winning women's 4 × 400 metre relay team. Adeleke was the first Irish woman to break the 50-second barrier in the 400 metres. She holds seven individual Irish national records (60 m indoors, 100 m outdoors, 200 m indoors and out, 300 m indoors and 400 m indoors and out). As part of relay teams, she contributed to setting two additional national records: the women's 4 × 400 metres relay and the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.