Finette Agyapong

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Finette Agyapong
2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 200m women final7 15-07-2017.jpg
Finette Agyapong in 2017
Personal information
Born (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)
London, England
Education Brunel University London
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 200 metres
Club Newham & Essex Beagles [2]
Coached byCarol Nourrice
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Berlin 4 x 400m relay
Women's junior athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Bydgoszcz 200m

Finette Agyapong (born 1 February 1997) is an English sprinter competing primarily in the 200 metres. [3] She won a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2017 European U23 Championships.

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She currently holds the British record in the rarely contested indoor 300 metres race.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain and Flag of England.svg  England
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th200 m 23.74
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st200 m 22.87
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 10th (sf)200 m 23.38
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:27.21
European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:28.12
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:32.91

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

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References

  1. "2018 CWG bio".
  2. "Power of 10 profile" . Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. Finette Agyapong at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg