Jacqui Agyepong

Jacqui Agyepong
Personal information
Born (1969-01-05) 5 January 1969
London, United Kingdom
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m hurdles
Club Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

Jacqueline 'Jacqui' Nana A. D. Agyepong (born 5 January 1969, in London) is a retired English athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles.[2] She represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. In addition, she won the silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Her personal bests are 12.93 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.4 m/s, Lausanne 1994) and 8.01 seconds in the 60 meters hurdles (Barcelona 1995).

Jacqui is a sister of the triple jumper, Francis Agyepong, and sister-in-law of the long jumper, Mary Berkeley.[1]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1987 European Junior Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.68[3]
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 7th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.86 w (+3.8m/s) [4]
5th 4x100 m relay 44.91
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.17
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia – 100 m hurdles DNF
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 7th 60 m hurdles 8.25
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 23rd (qf) 100 m hurdles 13.36
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 14th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.67
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.03
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 7th 100 m hurdles 13.13 (w)
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 100 m hurdles 13.17
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.14
World Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.02
8th 4x100 m relay 44.45
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 60 m hurdles 8.01
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.14
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 32nd (h) 100 m hurdles 13.24

References

  1. 1 2 Sports-Reference profile
  2. ↑ Jacqui Agyepong profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ Did not finish in the final
  4. ↑ Disqualified in the final


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