| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 15 July 1997 Worcester, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long jump |
| Club | Worcester Woodford Green with Essex Ladies |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 7.92m (Annecy, 2024) |
Samuel Khogali (born 15 July 1997) is a British long jumper. He won the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [1]
Born in Worcester, England, he competed from a young age as a member of Worcester Athletics Club. He attended Redhill Primary School and King's School, Worcester before studying at the University of Loughborough. [2] [3] [4]
He attended Loughborough University for whom he jumped a personal best of 7.40 metres in Sheffield at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships in February 2019. Later that year, he improved his personal best again with a jump of 7.75m at the Maltese Athletics Challenge Meeting in April. He won the Loughborough International representing England that year with a jump of 7.56 metres. [4] He was selected for the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples. [5]
He became national indoor champion when he won the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships with a jump of 7.54 metres. His second-best jump on the day would also have won him the title. [6] [7] In June of that year he jumped a 7.83m (+1.8) lifetime best to place third at the 2022 British Athletics Championships. [8] [9] He finished third overall in the long jump at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [10]
He was runner-up in the long jump at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [11] In May 2024, he jumped a new personal best distance of 7.92 metres in Loughborough (+0.9 m/s). [12]
He won competing for England at the Loughborough International in May 2025, with a best jump of 7.80 metres. [13] He was selected for the Great Britain squad for the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, placing eleventh overall with a jump of 7.69 metres, helping the Great Britain team to finish in fifth place overall. [14] [15] [16] On 19 July, he jumped 7.19m for seventh place in the men's long jump at the 2025 London Athletics Meet, part of the 2025 Diamond League. [17]