Three Ottawa Lions athletes will don the maple leaf this summer as members of Team Canada at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany. Doyin Ogunremi, Jessica Gyamfi, and David Moulongou—all students at the University of Ottawa—have been selected to represent Canada in athletics when the Games kick off July 21 in the Rhine-Ruhr region.
Jessica Gyamfi will represent Canada in both the shot put and discus. The third-year nursing student enjoyed the most successful season of her young career, highlighted by a historic bronze medal at the U SPORTS Championships in March. Her throw of 13.32 metres secured a place on the national podium and made her the first woman in Gee-Gees history to medal in a field event at U SPORTS. Gyamfi also captured OUA silver in the shot put and rewrote the school record books with program-best marks in both the shot put (13.85m) and weight throw (15.98m). Her performances earned her Gee-Gee Athlete of the Year honours this season..
Ogunremi, who starred for the Gee-Gees during the indoor season, will compete in the 200 metres and is part of Canada’s 4×100 and 4×400 metre relay pool. A long time relay standout for the Lions, Ogunremi has played a key role on each of the club’s last three national championship-winning 4x400m squads, including the Canadian Club Record performance in 2022. Individually, she posted a personal best of 24.79 seconds in the 200 metres at last summer’s Ontario Senior Championships and was just off the podium at the 2024 OUA Championships with a indoor 300m best of 39.77.
Rounding out the trio is David Moulongou, who will contest the 400 metre hurdles and is also part of the 4x400m relay pool. A seasoned championship performer, Moulongou placed sixth in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials and owns a personal best of 52.52 seconds. He’s a two-time defending bronze medalist at the Ontario Championships and won silver in the 400m hurdles and bronze in the 4x400m at the 2022 Canada Games. The World University Games will offer another opportunity for the versatile hurdler to shine on the international stage.
This summer’s selections mark the first time Ottawa Lions athletes will compete at the World University Games since 2019, when Keira Christie-Galloway (100m hurdles) and Farah Abdulkarim (10,000m) represented Canada. In total, 28 Lions athletes have competed at the Games, combining for six medals—highlighted by gold in the 4x400m relay from Michael Robertson in 2013 and Esther Akinsulie in 2009. For Ogunremi, Gyamfi, and Moulongou, their inclusion continues a proud club tradition of excelling on the international stage.