Jake Odey-Jordan


Jake Odey-Jordan is a British sprinter. He won bronze at the 2024 U20 World Championships over 200 metres.

Early life

He was born in Hackney, East London, and lived in Essex, London. He attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, Maryland, and during the 2023 outdoor season recorded a win in the Freshman 200 at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. He then moved to the Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., for their superior track facilities.

Career

Competing at the New Balance Indoors Championships in March 2024, he won the 200 metres in 20.66 seconds and was part of the winning relay team. In the spring of 2024, he set a new 100 metres personal best in 10.38 seconds. He later lowered his 200 metres personal best to 20.55 seconds.
He competed at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia in July 2024. Whilst leading his 200 metres qualification heat by a significant distance, he slowed down dramatically and was overtaken before the line and did not progress. After the race, he said he admitted he was at fault and "so I cannot be sad about anything but myself".
He was the bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Later at the Championships, he won silver in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
In October 2024, he was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British male junior. In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. On the same day he signed with WME marketing Agency. In December 2024, he signed a Name, Image and Likeness contract with New Balance.
He was named in the British team for the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, qualifying for the final in 21.28 seconds but later withdrew. In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26. On 17 January 2026, he ran the second fastest indoors 300m time in American high-school history with 32:63 behind Tate Taylor at the VA Showcase. The time also set a British record at the less-commonly run distance, surpassing Robert Tobin's mark set in 2006.