Andrew Osagie
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Andrew Osagie (born 19 February 1988)[1] is an English runner who specializes in the 800 metres, representing Harlow Athletics Club at club level and Great Britain at national level.
Education
Born in Harlow, Osagie was first educated at Hare Street Primary and Nursey School then Burnt Mill School a state comprehensive school in Harlow, Essex. He studied A-levels at The Leventhorpe School, a state comprehensive school in Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, followed by St Mary's University College in Twickenham in West London, where he studied Sports Science and met his athletics coach Craig Winrow, from 2006 to 2010. He began competing for Harlow Athletic Club in his early teens and continues to represent his home town club to this day.
Athletic career
Osagie competed for Great Britain and NI at the 2010 World Indoor Championships where he made the semi-finals but narrowly missed out on progression through to the final.[1]
Also in 2010, after suffering injury setbacks he competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India where he again qualified for the semi-finals but narrowly missed out on progression through to the final.
Following his successes indoors in 2010, he qualified for and represented Great Britain and NI at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres where he finished fourth in the final of the 800 m. In February 2011, he replaced Sebastian Coe as third on the UK All-time list for 1000 m indoors (Birmingham) and moved to 5th on the UK All-time list for 800m indoors (Stockholm). At the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Ataköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul Osagie finished third, gaining a bronze medal.
In August 2012, he progressed automatically to the Olympics 800 metres final at the 2012 Olympics in London after finishing second in his semi final just behind world record holder and gold medal favourite David Rudisha. On 9 August 2012, he ran the final of the 800 m, coming last despite running a personal best in a race where seven athletes set lifetime bests and the other set a season's best. Rudisha took the gold medal, breaking his own world record in the process in what was the fastest race in history. Osagie's time of 1:43.77 placed him fourth in the all time 800m UK rankings and was the fastest ever eighth-place finish in an 800 m race; all athletes in the London 2012 Men's 800m final set positional world records from first to eighth. Osagie's time would have won him the gold medal at each of the three preceding Olympic Games.
In August 2013, Osagie attended the London Marathon Young Athletes Training Camp at St Mary's University College, Twickenham as a special guest and was interviewed by 80-90 potential future running stars. Other special guests who attended the camp were Collis Birmingham, Ross Murray and Mick Woods.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 7th (h) | 800 m | 1:49.47 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 10th (sf) | 800 m | 1:51.29 |
| Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 9th (sf) | 800 m | 1:47.52 | |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 4th | 800 m | 1:48.50 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 13th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.12 | |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | 800 m | 1:48.92 |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 8th | 800 m | 1:43.77 | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 800 m | 1:44.36 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 3rd | 800 m | 1:47.10 |
| Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | – | 800 m | DQ | |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 17th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.31 | |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200m - 23.3 (St Ives 2009)[2]
- 400m - 48.8 (St Ives 2009)[2]
- 600m - 1:20.7 (Loughborough 2008)[2]
- 800m - 1:43.77 (London 2012 2012)[2]
- 1500m - 3:48.99 (Watford 2009)[2]
- 1 Mile - 4:10 (Gateshead 2011)[2]
- Parkrun - 16:51 (Bushy Park 2010)[2]
- TJ - 13.01 (Colchester 2004)[2]
Indoor
- 600m - 1:16.45 (Glasgow 2013)[2]
- 800m - 1:45.22 (Birmingham 2014)[2]
- 1000m - 2:18.56 (Birmingham 2012)[2]