Major Championships Record
Olympic Games – 2004 5sf 100m, 7th 200m
World Championships – 2001 7qf 100m (6th 4x100m), 2003 6qf 200m
European Championships – 2002 6th 100m
Commonwealth Games – 2002 7th 100m (3rd 4x100m)
Other noteworthy performances
1998 – 4th World Junior Championships 4x100m
2001 – 2nd European U23 Championships 100m, 1st 4x100m, 1st World University Games 100m
Oyepitan made the Olympic 200m final in 2004 to become the first British woman since Kathy Cook in 1984 to reach those stages, where she finished seventh in the final, after narrowly failing to make the 100m final in Athens but since her success in 2004, Oyepitan has struggled with consistent injury problems including a stress fracture and Achilles injuries.
Oyepitan graduated in politics and sociology from Brunel University.