Clovis Asong

Clovis Asong
Personal information
Nationality  Great Britain
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400 m: 46.74 s (Trabzon 2011)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Youth Olympic Festival
2011 Trabzon 400 m
2011 Trabzon 4×100 m relay
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
2011 Douglas 400 m

Clovis Asong (born 31 October 1994) is a British sprinter.

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 will represent the United Kingdom at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3]

Asong first drew media attention for breaking the United Kingdom Under-15 400 metres record in only his second race.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Olympic hopeful Clovis storms youth games Archived 2012-08-05 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Welsh, Pamela (4 August 2011). "Sixteen-year-old 400m ace Clovis Asong scoops European Youth gold". Manchester Evening News.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Tom (24 February 2012). "Sale Harrier Clovis Asong confident of reaching World Junior Championships". Sportsbeat 0870.
  4. ↑ "Is this Britain's Usain Bolt? Schoolboy breaks 400m record in only his second race". Daily Mail. 25 September 2009.


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