Odei Jainaga
Personal information
Full nameOdei Jainaga Larrea
NationalitySpanish
Born (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997
Eibar, Spain
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventJavelin throw
ClubReal Sociedad
Coached byJose Antonio Garcia Feijoo

Odei Jainaga Larrea (born 14 October 1997) is a Spanish athlete and model specializing in the javelin throw. He represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw. He is the Spanish national record holder in the javelin throw.

Career

On 12 September 2020, Jainaga set the championship record at the 2020 Spanish Athletics Championships with a distance of 83.51 m and won a gold medal.[2]

On 29 May 2021, Jainaga set the Spanish national record in the javelin throw at the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League with a distance of 84.80 m.[3]

Jainaga represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw.[4]

Person life

Jainaga's mother, Cristina Larrea, was a Spanish national javelin champion in 1992, 1993 and 1994.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 34th (q) Javelin throw 63.63 m
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th (q) Javelin throw 69.07 m
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 8th Javelin throw 63.51 m
2021 European Athletics Team Championships Chorzów, Poland 3rd Javelin throw 84.80 m NR
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 29th (q) Javelin throw 73.11 m

References

  1. Bueno, Jesús (13 February 2022). "Odei Jainaga - Mister RNB Bizkaia 2022". RNB España (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Odei Breaks Spanish Record Again In National Championship". discernsport.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. Jess Whittington (29 May 2021). "Vetter throws 96.29m in Silesia for third best javelin mark in history". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Athletics: JAINAGA Odei". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.


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