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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath & Bromley AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.74 (London, 2022) 100m: 10.26 (Tallinn, 2021) 200m: 20.34 (Clermont, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeriel Quainoo (born 17 April 2003) is a British sprinter. [1]
Quainoo grew up in Ladbroke Grove, and trained as a teenager at the Linford Christie Stadium. [2] He attended Oaklands College in Hertfordshire. [3]
Coached by Ryan Freckleton at Blackheath & Bromley Athletic Club, [4] he was a European U20 4 × 100 m gold medalist in 2021 in Tallinn. [5]
In July 2022, he finished third in the 200 metres at the senior 2022 British Athletics Championships in Manchester with a 20.40 seconds personal best. [6]
He followed that up by winning a 100m and 200m sprint double at the English U20 Championships in Bedford. [7] He represented Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022. [8] After qualifying for the final, he finished in seventh place in the 200 metres. [9]
In May 2024, he was selected to run the 200 metres and 4 × 100 m relay for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [10] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [11] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. [12] He ran in the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay, alongside Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Kissiwaa Mensah and Joe Ferguson as the British quartet finished second in their heat to qualify for the final. [13] In the final, they won the bronze medal in the event. [14] [15]
He was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen. [16]
