Jacqui Agyepong

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Jacquie Agyepong
Personal information
Born (1969-01-05) 5 January 1969 (age 54)
London, United Kingdom
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles
Club Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

Jacqueline Nana A. D. Agyepong (born 5 January 1969, in London) is a retired English athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. [2] She represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. In addition, she won the silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Her personal bests are 12.93 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.4 m/s, Lausanne 1994) and 8.01 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Barcelona 1995).

Agyepong is a sister of the triple jumper Francis Agyepong, and is sister-in-law of the long jumper Mary Berkeley. [1]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain / Flag of England.svg  England
1987 European Junior Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th (sf)100 m hurdles13.68 [3]
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 7th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.86 w(+3.8 m/s) [4]
5th4 × 100 m relay 44.91
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th (sf)60 m hurdles 8.17
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 100 m hurdles DNF
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 7th60 m hurdles 8.25
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 23rd (qf)100 m hurdles 13.36
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 14th (sf)60 m hurdles 8.67
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.03
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 7th100 m hurdles 13.13 (w)
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th100 m hurdles 13.17
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd100 m hurdles 13.14
World Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd100 m hurdles 13.02
8th4 × 100 m relay 44.45
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th60 m hurdles 8.01
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.14
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 32nd (h)100 m hurdles 13.24

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References

  1. 1 2 Sports-Reference profile Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jacqui Agyepong at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Did not finish in the final
  4. Disqualified in the final