Jeremiah Azu

British sprinter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish sprinter
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth15 May 2001, Rumney, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Age23 years
Star signTaurus
The details

Biography

Jeremiah Azu (born 15 May 2001) is a Welsh sprinter.

Career

He competed in the 2022 British Athletics Championships where he won the 100 metres in a wind-assisted time of 9.90 seconds. He has won multiple championships in the junior athletics categories. In his first senior international appearance, he won the bronze medal in 100 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, and a gold in the 4x100 metre relay at the same competition. In 2023, competing in the 100 metres in the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships, as part of the 2023 European Games, he won a European Games bronze medal. He is the current holder of the Welsh 100m national Record with a time of 10.04 seconds.

Personal life

Azu was born in the Netherlands, and raised in Wales. He is of Ghanaian descent.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  Wales
2017Celtic Games1st100 m
2018Celtic Games1st100 m
2018Welsh Athletics Championships1st60 m
1st200 m
2019Welsh Athletics Under 20 Championships1st60 m
2019England Under 20 Athletics Championships1st60 m
1st200 m
2019British Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd60 m
2019European U20 ChampionshipsBorås, Sweden100 m13.45
2019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden7th100 m
2021Manchester International Championships1st100 m
2021European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia1st100 m10.25
DNF4×100 m relay
2022British Indoor Athletics ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd60 m6.61
2022Golden SpikeOstrava, Czech Republic1st4×100 m relay38.43
2022British Athletics ChampionshipsManchester, United Kingdom1st100 m9.90w
2022Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom5th100 m10.19
2022European Athletics ChampionshipsMunich, Germany3rd100 m10.13
2023European U23 ChampionshipsEspoo, Finland1st100 m10.04

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 10.04 (+1.0 m/s, Espoo 2023)
  • 100 metres – 9.90 (+2.5 m/s, Manchester 2022)
  • 200 metres – 20.96 (+0.3 m/s, Loughborough 2022)

Indoor

  • 60 metres – 6.56 (Birmingham 2022)
  • 200 metres – 21.25 (Sheffield 2019)
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