Clovis Asong
Personal information
Nationality Great Britain
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994
Sport
SportRunning
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 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

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

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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