Adam Gemili
Adam Gemili (born 6 October 1993 in London ) is a British sprinter.
Life
Adam Gemili was born the son of a Moroccan and an Iranian in London. From the age of eleven years visited Adam Gemili the Dartford Grammar School. After he learned at Barking & Dagenham College in London, where he can go with the aim of later on a BTEC Extended Diploma graduated from the University in sports. After the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he joined the University of East London to study sport.
In his youth he was a football player in the clubs Chelsea FC and Reading FC. As a right-back, he played later to August 2011 in the Football League Two for Dagenham & Redbridge, before he moved to FC Thurrock on loan. He recognized his potential as a sprinter and decided in January 2012 to give up football career and his attention fully to lay completely on the sprint distances. Since July 1, 2012, he officially plays in any professional football team more.
Career as a sprinter
In October 2011 he joined the training group by Michael Afilaka at the Olympic Training Center Lee Valley in North London. His first major competition, he played the same for the Junior European Championships 2011 in Tallinn, where he s behind Jimmy Vicaut won the silver medal with 10.41. He also helped the British 4 x 100 - meter relay team to a silver medal. In the National Junior Athletic League Finals in Derby he won over the 200 meter distance, his 20.98 s at the same time meant the fastest by a European Junior elapsed time of the year.
Gemili ran June 2, 2012 at Sparkassen Gala in Regensburg, the qualifying time for the Olympic Games, three weeks before the British Olympic Trials he placed with 10.08 s also a new personal best. His time was the second fastest ever spilled by a British junior, only Dwain Chambers was in 1997 with 10.06 s been faster. Due to his achievements Gemili was nominated as part of the British relay team for the Olympics in London on July 3. On July 11, he won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona. With 10.05 s he not only set a new personal best, but also a new record for the Junior World Championships. At the Olympic Games on home turf, he qualified with a second place in 10.11 s in the run for the semifinals. There, however, he had to admit defeat of the competition despite s 10.06 and missed by only four hundredths of a second in the final. In the relay competition Britain was disqualified in the first round since the handover between Daniel Talbot and Gemili was not done in the transfer zone. On August 17, he started at the DN Galan in Stockholm for the first time at a Diamond League meeting. With 10.22 s he came in fifth place.