Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun

Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun (born 2 July 1986) is a London-based British track athlete. Balogun began his career when he joined Kent AC at the age of 19.[1] Balogun competes across 60m 100m and 200m distances, and has represented Great Britain at U23 and Senior level.[2] He is coached by Clarence Callender, the 1998 Olympic 4x100m Silver medallist.[1]

Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun
Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Representing  Great Britain

Biography

Balogun lives in Mottingham, South London, and attended the University of East London, studying marketing.[3][4] He was first approached to attend a training session after a Kent AC athlete saw him running to catch a bus in 2006 when he was 19.[3] Balogun's first trial at Kent AC was overseen by Clarence Callender and Donovan Reid. Callender recalled that the first reaction that he and Reid had to Baloguns first trial run was "The next moment, when I looked up he was disappearing into the distance. He had trainers on and he'd never stretched before in his life but he just kept on running and wouldn't stop".[3]

Balogun made his first competitive appearance in the 200 metre event at the British Athletics League National Two on May 6, 2006. He finished 2nd with a time of 22.70 seconds.[2]

Balogun became the 12th all-time fastest British athlete over 200m when he set a time of 20.38 seconds at a meeting in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 2009.[3] He was ranked 2nd in Great Britain over 200 metres in 2009, and in 2010 was ranked 10th in Great Britain over 100 metres.[5] Balogun was awarded a scholarship from the University of East London in 2010, in recognition of his sporting achievements.[6]

Achievements
DateVenueMeetingDistancePositionTime [2]
27 June 2010BirminghamAviva European Trials and UK Championships200m3rd20.89
30 May 2010HengeloIAAF World Challenge Meeting100m4th10.43
28 May 2010DessauInternationals Leichtathletikmeeting200m2nd20.89
23 May 2010LoughboroughLoughborough International200m2nd20.86
13 February 2010SheffieldAviva World Trials and UK Championships60m6th6.73
25 September 2009DaeguColourful Daegu Meeting200m2nd20.98
19 September 2009Gateshead QuaysGreat North City Games (Track)150m2nd15.21
15 September 2009SzczecinPedro's Cup200m2nd20.85
15 September 2009SzczecinPedro's Cup100m7th10.63
30 August 2009PaduaMeeting Citta' Di Padova100m7th10.27
25 August 2009TallinnBig Bank Meeting200m3rd20.74
25 August 2009TallinnBig Bank Meeting100m3rd10.31
15 August 2009CardiffMcCain UK Challenge Final200m2nd21.38
15 August 2009CardiffMcCain UK Challenge Final100m3rd10.63
12 July 2009BirminghamAviva World Trials and National Championships200m4th20.99
28 June 2009La Chaux-de-FondsResisprint International100m3rd10.29
17 May 2009LoughboroughMcCain Loughborough International200m1st20.95
17 May 2009LoughboroughMcCain Loughborough International100m2nd10.40
31 January 2009BirminghamBirmingham Games60m3rd6.76
18 January 2009Lee ValleySEAA Championships60m3rd6.69

References
  1. Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun: from chasing buses to chasing dreams, spikesmag.com, archived from the original on 9 May 2011
  2. Jeffrey Lawal Balogun Profile, Power of 10: United Kingdom Athletes
  3. Hart, Simon (10 July 2009), Sprinter Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun has the world at his feet, London: telegraph.com
  4. "UEL student looks towards the World Championships". Now and Then. London, United Kingdom: University of East London. October 2009.
  5. Athlete Profile: Jeffrey Lawal Balogun, greenwichstartingblocks.org
  6. Scholarships show UEL's commitment to sport, uel.ac.uk
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