James Dasaolu
James Dasaolu after his silver medal at Göteborg 2013.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
5 September 1987 London, England |
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) |
100 metres 4×100m relay |
| Coached by | Steve Fudge |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
100 m: 9.91 (Birmingham 2013) 60 m: 6.47 (Birmingham 2014) |
James Dasaolu (born 5 September 1987) is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 metres, over which distance he is the 2014 European champion.
In July 2013, he became the second fastest Briton of all time after running a 100 m time of 9.91 seconds in the British Championships. In 2014 he won his first major title, claiming the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships.
Born in south London to Nigerian parents, Dasaolu did not take up sprinting seriously until he was 18 when he began a leisure management degree at Loughborough.
He began his career in competitive athletics relatively late, first competing in 2006; as a result he had a limited youth and junior career. However, having begun, Croydon Harrier Dasaolu made steady and significant improvements in his first few years; his 100 m personal best in 2006 was 10.75 seconds, then 10.33 seconds in 2007, and 10.26 seconds in 2008.
The 2008 season saw Dasaolu rise up the national rankings and introduced to the UK Athletics warm weather training camp. Under the tutelage of coach Michael Khmel at Loughborough University and training with 2006 World Junior Champion Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and former European Junior Champion Leon Baptiste, Dasaolu won the 2008 England under-23 championships and reached the semi-finals at the British Olympic Trials.
The beginning of the 2009 season showed further improvement for Dasaolu. At the seventh Graziano Della Valle meet in Italy, he recorded a new personal best of 10.15 seconds and finished in second place overall behind Aikines-Aryeetey. Two weeks later he finished with 10.25 seconds at the Papaflessia meet in Greece, second only to European season leader Dwain Chambers. A 100 m win at the European Athletics permit meet in Geneva in June placed him among the top European sprinters for the first time. His new personal best time of 10.09 seconds made him joint second, with Simeon Williamson, in the season's 100 m European rankings and improved his chances for a place on the British relay team at the Berlin World Championships.
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