Reece Ademola

Reece Ademola (born 1 February 2003) is an Irish track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. The Irish national champion, he also holds the Irish U20 and U23 all-time records.

Early and personal life
From Mayfield, Cork, he attended Coláiste Chríost Rí and played numerous sports, including Gaelic football and basketball before joining Leevale Athletics Club. He studied culinary arts at Munster Technological University. His mother is originally Latvian, but moved to Cork as a 16 year-old. His father is Nigerian. He has a younger sister, and his younger brother Alex is also an athlete who competes in discus. He was 6ft tall by the age of 12 years-old and, as of 2023, was 6ft 9 in tall. He suffered injuries which prevented him competing for two years prior to a 2021 return.

Career
Coached by Liz Coomey, he finished fifth at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022, jumping an Irish U-20 record distance of 7.83m in the final.

He made his senior international debut in June 2023 at the European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia. The following month he won the Irish national title at Morton Stadium in Dublin with a new personal best of 7.96m. In September 2023, he extended the Irish U23 record by a centimetre, recording a distance of 7.97m in Padova, Italy.

In January 2024, he broke the Irish U23 indoor record when he jumped 7.86 in Aarhus, Denmark beating the mark set by Ciaran McDonagh in March 1996, by 27cm. It also placed him third on the Irish senior indoor all-time list behind McDonagh and Adam McMullen. Later that month, he extended that record to 7.93m in Ostrava.

In June 2024, he retained his Irish national championships long jump title in Dublin.

European and World Ranking
European Ranking europeanathletics.com

World Ranking worldathletics.org