James Dasaolu
James Dasaolu 2013 at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg
James Dasaolu ( born September 5, 1987 in London Borough of Croydon ) is a British sprinter who specializes in the 100 -meter run.
Life
Dasaolu began his career as an athlete rather late and took the first 2006 regular competitor.
In 2008 he won at the British Junior Championships in the 100 meters and reached the semi-finals of the British qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games.
In 2009, he rose again and ran in Geneva a personal best of 10.09 s, which he no longer was able to achieve in the next few years, but was still not nominated for the British relay team at the World Championships in Berlin.
In 2010 he qualified for the European Championships in Barcelona, left there but already in the semifinals. Also at the 2012 Olympics, he made it to the semifinals, where 10.18 s but not enough to reach the final.
In 2013 he won at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg his first international medal and achieved a personal best of 6.48 s over 60 meters at the same time with the winner Jimmy Vicaut second place. After being in the course of his personal best of 10.13 s to 10.08 s in the beginning, had 10.05 s and 10.03 s increased, he made on 13 July at the British Championships in Birmingham for a sensation: In the semifinals he ran 9.91 s the second fastest time run by a British, behind Linford Christie, who had run 9.87 s in 1993. At the World Championships in Moscow, he reached the final of the 100 meters and was there with 10.21 s eighth.
Similar success as last year was his indoor season in 2014. Way he could, for example, his 60 -meter peak performance at a meeting in Birmingham to a hundredth of a second to 6.47 s improve. Attendance at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot he had to cancel because of a thigh injury.
Personal Best
- 60 m (Hall ): 6.47 s, February 15, 2014 Birmingham
- 100 m: 9.91 s, July 13, 2013, Birmingham