Eugene Amo-Dadzie
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventsprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best60 m: 6.60s (2022)

100 m: 9.93s (2023)

200 m: 21.79s (2019)

Eugene Amo-Dadzie (born 22 June 1992)[1] is a British athlete who competes as a sprinter. He was a bronze medalist over 60 metres at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2023 British Athletics Championships.

Career

Late starter

Amo-Dadzie didn’t start competing until he was twenty-six years-old, by which time he was a qualified chartered accountant. He competed at the British Athletics Championships for the first time in 2019, finishing fifth in his semi-final.[2]

A Woodford Green athlete, Amo-Dadzie ran a new personal best time over 100m of 10.20 seconds to finish second at the 2021 British Athletics Championships in Bedford.[3] In August 2022 he lowered his 100m personal best to 10.05 in Stratford. This placed him third over 100m by fastest time by UK athletes in 2022.[4][5]

First British selection

In February 2023 he finished third behind Reece Prescod and Jeremiah Azu at the British Indoor Athletics Championships 60m race, held in Birmingham.[6] They were subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul.[7] He qualified for the semi-finals of the 60m on his major championships debut.[8]

Breaking the ten-second barrier

On 16 June 2023 he clocked 9.93 seconds for the 100m at a meeting in Graz, Austria to break the 10-second barrier for the first time.[9] In July 2023, competing at the British Championships in Manchester, he reached the final in the 100m and finished third overall.[10]

He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, to make his world championship debut at the age of 31[11] He reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres.[12][13]

Personal life

From Rainham, Amo-Dadzie said he felt a responsibility to speak out to encourage BAME people to consider taking the covid-19 vaccine in order to quell concerns they may have. Eugene is married with children.[14] His parents are of Ghanaian heritage and his mother worked as a social carer and his father worked on the London Underground. He has two sisters.[15] After university he began working in accounting; as of 2023 he was working as a senior accountant for a subsidiary of Berkeley Group, St George plc.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Eugene Amo-Dadzie". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Its never too late..Eugene Amo-Dazie". athletes.theathleteplace.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "ENGLAND SILVER AND P.B. FOR EUGENE AMO-DADZIE, PLUS OTHER T & F NEWS". wgel.org. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sean Safo-Antwi sets new PB in 100m dash at NEB Track Open". Athleticshour.com. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Be Fit Today Track Academy holds first awards ceremony". Enfield Independent. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "New UK Indoor 60m sprint champions crowned". The Independent. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "CAPTAIN SAWYERS FLIES TO FINAL AS SEVEN MORE BRITS PROGRESS IN ISTANBUL". British Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Adams, Tim (16 June 2023). "Eugene Amo-Dadzie: "I call myself the fastest accountant in the world"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "UK Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asher-Smith win 100m titles in Manchester". BBC Sport. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SQUAD SELECTED FOR THE 2023 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS". Britishathletics.org.uk. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Men's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. 1 2 Ingle, Sean (16 August 2023). "Eugene Amo-Dadzie: the remarkable journey of 'world's fastest accountant'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Covid-19: Sprinter urges BAME groups to 'have conversation' about the jab". BBC.co.uk. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. ↑ Kershaw, Tom. "Eugene Amo-Dadzie: The dope testers didn't want to know me when I was running 10.8sec". The Times. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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