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Sport: Athletics
Event: Women's Triple Jump
State: New South Wales
Club: Werrington Athletics
Born: 2001
ABOUT DESLEIGH
Desleigh Owusu started her athletics career competing for Werrington Athletics Club in Sydney, NSW. She found great success representing her high school, Blacktown Girls High School, where she took home gold in the triple jump at the Combined High Schools (CHS) Athletics Carnival in year 12.
In 2019 Desleigh broke the Oceania U20 triple jump record with 13.42m, placing her 4th in the Australian open’s rankings at the age of 18.
Desleigh placed first at the 2023 National Championships, where she jumped 13.33m. She then went on to earn a spot on the Sydney University Athletics Team headed for the World University Games in Chengdu, China where she placed 10th overall, jumping 13.49m.
