Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	(1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 28) Carshalton, Sutton, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.08 200m: 20.46
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay European Championships 2014 Zürich 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Zürich 100 m World Relays 2014 Nassau 4×100 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4x100 m relay

100m: 10.08

Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey (born 29 August 1988) is an English sprinter. A prodigious junior runner, in 2005 he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.

A relay medalist as a senior for Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships, the 2014 IAAF World Relays and, representing England, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Aikines-Aryeetey won his first senior individual medal, a bronze, in the 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. At the same championships he earned his first senior title as part of the Great Britain team that won gold in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.

Aikines-Aryeetey was born in Carshalton, London to Ghanaian parents. He studied at Greenshaw High School in Sutton, London from 2000–2006.

His first major tournament medal came at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games where he won the silver medal in the 100 m.

On 11 June 2006, aged 17, he competed in the 100 m at Gateshead in which Asafa Powell equalled the world record of 9.77 s. On 16 August 2006, he won the gold in the 100 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Beijing, China, setting a season's best 10.37 s.