Adam Gemili

Adam Gemili
Personal information
Full nameAdam Ahmed Gemili
Born (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993
London, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Websiteadamgemili.com
Sport
CountryGreat Britain & N.I.
England
SportAthletics
EventSprinting
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Association football career
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Youth career
2001–2008 Chelsea
2008–2009 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 (0)
2011Thurrock (loan) 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Ahmed Gemili (born 6 October 1993) is a British sprinter. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, three-time European champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and part of the Great Britain team that won gold at the 2017 World Championships in the same event. He has finished fourth in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and fourth and fifth in separate editions of the World Championships in the same event.

He was the first British athlete and the first sprinter of either North African or Middle Eastern descent to run both the 100 m in less than 10 seconds and the 200 m in less than 20 seconds. He was also the first man of North African, Arab or Iranian heritage to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres.

A silver medalist in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Gemili is also a former World Junior champion at 100 m and European Under-23 champion at 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay. He is a three-time national champion in the 200 m.