Lorraine Ugen
English long jumper and sprinter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lorraine Ugen (born 22 August 1991) is an English long jumper and occasional 100 m sprinter with respective personal bests of 7.05 m and 11.32 s.[2] Ugen competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the long jump, finishing in eleventh place.[3]
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Born | 22 August 1991 (1991-08-22) (age 32) London, England |
Education | Texas Christian University |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[1] |
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Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Long jump, sprint |
Coached by | Shawn Jackson |
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Olympic finals | 2016 |
Highest world ranking | 1 (2018) |
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Ugen captained the Great Britain team at the inaugural Athletics World Cup in 2018, winning gold in the women's long jump. For England, she anchored the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team to gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. As a collegiate athlete in the United States, she won an NCAA indoor and an NCAA outdoor title in the long jump for Texas Christian University.