Clovis Asong

Clovis Asong (born 31 October 1994) is a former British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

Clovis Asong
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m: 46.74 s (Trabzon 2011)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2011 Trabzon400 m
Silver medal – second place2011 Trabzon4×100 m relay
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Douglas400 m

Asong first drew media attention for breaking the United Kingdom Under-15 400 metres record in only his second race.

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 represented Great Britain at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3]

Despite his early youth-group success, Asong was not able to translate his form into the senior ranks, and raced less regularly after 2014. His last recorded race was a single outing in 2020, aged 25, and he ceased competing thereafter.[4]


References
  1. Olympic hopeful Clovis storms youth games Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today
  2. Welsh, Pamela (4 August 2011). "Sixteen-year-old 400m ace Clovis Asong scoops European Youth gold". Manchester Evening News.
  3. Reynolds, Tom (24 February 2012). "Sale Harrier Clovis Asong confident of reaching World Junior Championships". Sportsbeat 0870.
  4. "Athlete Profile: Clovis Asong". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 26 August 2023.


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