David Omoregie
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
1 November 1995 Durham, England |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles |
| Club | Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club |
| Coached by | Benke Blomkvist |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
110 m hurdles: 13.24 60 m hurdles: 7.68 |
David Omoregie (born 1 November 1995) is a Welsh track and field hurdler who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He holds a personal best of 13.24 seconds for the event, fifth best among British hurdlers. He set world junior and European junior records in the 60 metres hurdles indoor. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics and won the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships
A member of Pembrokeshire Harriers and then Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club, Omoregie took part in athletics from a young age and focused on the combined track and field events. Born in Durham, England, both his parents emigrated from Nigeria at age twenty. In 2011 his father died of cancer shortly after his sister had died in a car crash. Omoregie focused on athletics and his schoolwork as a tribute to them and received five A stars in his GCSEs that year. He was the Welsh youth champion in the pentathlon in 2012 then won the English indoor junior championship in the men's heptathlon in 2013. That year he began to focus more on his best event – sprint hurdling. At the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships he set a best of 13.45 seconds for the junior 110 m hurdles in qualifying before placing fifth in the final. He was Welsh junior champion in the hurdles and also runner-up at the English junior championship. His hurdling talents invited comparisons to Colin Jackson, a former world champion and member of the same Cardiff club.
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