Reece Prescod

Reece Prescod (born 29 February 1996) is a British sprinter.[11] He won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in a time of 9.96 seconds. He was born in London.[12]

Reece Prescod
Prescod at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996
London, England[1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)[3]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprints
ClubEnfield and Haringey Athletic Club[2]
TeamNike[4][5]
Turned pro2015[4]
Coached byJonas Dodoo[4][1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 60 m: 6.53 (2×2019)[6][7]
  • 100 m: 9.94 (2018)[8]
  • 150 m: 14.87 (2018)[9][10]
  • 200 m: 20.38 (2016)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
2018 Berlin 100 m

Prescod qualified in 1st place at the GB trials ahead of former World Championships finalist James Dasaolu to gain selection for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics . He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and finished 7th in the final of the event. Having retained his British title in 2018, he finished 2nd in the final of the 2018 European Athletics Championships, behind teammate Zharnel Hughes.[13]

Prescod achieved his personal best of 9.94 in 2018.[14] Prescod went under the 10-second barrier on three occasions in 2018, and in addition ran a wind-assisted 9.88 at the Eugene Diamond League event in Oregon.

Statistics

Personal bests
EventTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotes
60 m6.53n/aBerlin, Germany1 February 2019Indoor
Birmingham, England16 February 2019
100 m9.94−0.5Birmingham, England18 August 2018
9.88 w+2.4Eugene, Oregon, U.S.26 May 2018Wind-assisted
150 m14.87+0.6Gateshead, England8 September 2018#8 all-time[9][10]
200 m20.38+0.4Lausanne, Switzerland25 August 2016

International championship results
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeWind (m/s)Notes
Representing Great Britain
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, England7th100 m10.17−0.8
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd100 m9.960.0PB
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 19th (h) 100 m 10.12 +0.6 DQ in the semifinals

Circuit wins and national titles

Seasonal bests
Year60 metres100 metres200 metres
2012——21.92
20137.0110.7321.21
2014—10.71—
2015——20.70
2016—10.0420.38
20176.6210.0320.83
20186.619.94—
20196.539.97—

References
  1. "Reece Prescod". britishathletics.org. United Kingdom Athletics. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Reece Prescod". european-athletics.org. European Athletics Association. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. Ingle, Sean (20 July 2021). "Cake and Call of Duty: GB's Reece Prescod on weight battles in lockdown". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. Herman, Martin (3 August 2017). "British hope Prescod out to measure himself against Bolt". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. Oliver, Brian (3 August 2018). "Who is Reece Prescod? Meet Team GB's newest athletics star aiming for gold at the European Championships 2018". radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. "ISTAF Berlin: Great Britain's Reece Prescod and Kristal Awuah win the 60m races". bbc.com. BBC. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. Henderson, Jason (16 February 2019). "Su Bingtian and Reece Prescod show their pace in Birmingham". athleticsweekly.com. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  8. Ingle, Shawn (18 August 2018). "Reece Prescod's late surge fractionally short of catching Christian Coleman". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  9. Henderson, Jason (8 September 2018). "Reece Prescod finishes season in style". athleticsweekly.com. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  10. "Great North CityGames - 2018 Results/Startlists". greatcitygames.org. The Great Run Company. 8 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  11. "ATHLETE PROFILE Reece PRESCODD". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  12. Reece Prescod. British Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  13. Heats results
  14. Power of Ten
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.