Andrew Osagie
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| Full name | Andrew Ifeanyichukwu Osagie Harlow, Essex, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew OsagieHarlow, Essex)[1] is an English athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. He represents Harlow Athletic Club at club level and Great Britain at international level. He is the fourth fastest Briton of all time.
While attending
IAAF World Indoor Championships
in 2012 and 2014, as well as ranking second on the British Indoor All-Time list.
In the men's 800 metres final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he finished eighth in a time of 1:43.77. This time would have won gold in all but two other Olympic Games, but the winner David Rudisha set a world record and the remaining medallists set the fastest time for place in the event. The summer outdoor season of 2013 saw a 5th-place finish in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain and  England
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| 2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania
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7th (h) | 800 m | 1:49.47 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar
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10th (sf) | 800 m | 1:51.29 |
| Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India
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9th (sf) | 800 m | 1:47.52 | |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France
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4th | 800 m | 1:48.50 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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13th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.12 | |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
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3rd | 800 m | 1:48.92 |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
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8th | 800 m | 1:43.77 | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia
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5th | 800 m | 1:44.36 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland
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3rd | 800 m | 1:47.10 |
| Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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– | 800 m | DQ | |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland
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17th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.31
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| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia
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14th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.19 |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 600m - 1:20.7 (Loughborough [2] 2008)[3]
- London 2012 2012)[3]
- 1 Mile - 4:10 (Gateshead [3] 2011)[3]
- Parkrun - 16:44 (Bushy Park 2016)[3]
Indoor
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Osagie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Andrew Osagie at World Athletics
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info.
External links
- Andrew Osagie at Team GB
- Andrew Osagie at Olympics.com
- Andrew Osagie at Olympedia
- Andrew Osagie at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)