Eugene Amo-Dadzie, the European leader in the 100 meters, has only been running with Tosivättä for five years.
Eugene Amo-Dadzie has risen like a comet to the top of athletics. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
British runner Eugene Amo-Dadzie last Friday broke ten seconds in the 100 meters for the first time in his career, when he clocked 9.93 in Graz, Austria in almost zero wind.
At this time, he is ranked 13th in the world list of 100 and no less than number one in the European list. In Great Britain’s all-time statistics, he ranks tied for fourth.
What makes the performance of Amo-Dadzie, who will soon turn 31, amazing is that she only started running seriously in the summer of 2018.
The idea of investing in running in 2018 started when his friend suggested a sprint experiment. Amo-Dadzie had been known to be fast, although he had not aimed to be an elite athlete.
– Why haven’t you tried this properly before?, the friend asked.
Amo-Dadzie joined Woodford Green Athletics Club and after less than a year of training he reached the semi-finals of the British Championships.
Amo-Dadzie’s performance in the 100 meters has been very rapid since she discovered her potential in sprinting.
Amo-Dadzie’s profit development in 100 meters
2019: 10.55
2020: not printing
2021: 10,20
2022: 10.05
2023: 9.93
The rapid development of results at a relatively late age has raised speculations about the use of vippasconst, but Amo-Dadzie swears that he is clean.
– I am a big, big supporter of clean sports. The British Anti-Doping Organization is more than welcome to my place. My wife can tell you how excited I was when they first knocked on the door.
Amo-Dadzie still works full-time as an accountant. He has no sponsors or financiers in athletics.
– I really enjoy having a different story. I still see myself as an accountant who just happens to be in the world of athletics, Amo-Dadzie said.
He has been working for the past three years their LinkedIn profile in the Berkeley Group construction company.
Source: BBC