Clovis Asong (born 31 October 1994) is a former British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.
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| Nationality |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m: 46.74 s (Trabzon 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asong first drew media attention for breaking the United Kingdom Under-15 400 metres record in only his second race.
He won a gold medal in the 400 m at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, beating World Youth Championship silver medalist Alphas Kishoyian.[1] Asong added gold and silver medals at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[2]
He represented Great Britain at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3]
Despite his early youth-group success, Asong was not able to translate his form into the senior ranks, and raced less regularly after 2014. His last recorded race was a single outing in 2020, aged 25, and he ceased competing thereafter.[4]
References
edit- ^ Olympic hopeful Clovis storms youth games Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today
- ^ Welsh, Pamela (4 August 2011). "Sixteen-year-old 400m ace Clovis Asong scoops European Youth gold". Manchester Evening News.
- ^ Reynolds, Tom (24 February 2012). "Sale Harrier Clovis Asong confident of reaching World Junior Championships". Sportsbeat 0870.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Clovis Asong". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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