Clovis Asong
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 Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 46.74 s (Trabzon 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ Olympic hopeful Clovis storms youth games
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Is this Britain's Usain Bolt? Schoolboy breaks 400m record in only his second race". Daily Mail. 25 September 2009.
External links
- Clovis Asong profile at IAAF
- Clovis Asong at the Internet Movie Database
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