Alhaji Jeng

Alhaji Jeng (born 13 December 1981) is a Swedish pole vaulter.

Alhaji Jeng

Personal information
Born	(1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 43) Banjul, The Gambia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Club	Örgryte IS
Coached by	Yannick tregaro
Achievements and titles
Personal best	5.81(Indoor)
Medal record 2006 Moscow Pole vault 2005 Helsingborg Pole vault 2006 Sollentuna Pole vault 2008 Västerås Pole vault 2011 Gävle Pole vault 2012 Stockholm Pole vault 2014 Umeå Pole vault
Updated on 8 February 2015

Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He currently has the Gambian national record at 5.30 metres, set before his Swedish citizenship.

For Sweden he won the silver medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships he has also won 5 Swedish championships in athletics. He previously held the Swedish national indoor record at 5.81 metres. His outdoor personal best is 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Zhukovskiy. This places him fourth on the Swedish all-time list, behind Armand Duplantis and Oscar Janson and Patrik Kristiansson and equal to Martin Eriksson.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he missed out on qualification for the pole vault final by one place,^[1] since then he's participated in the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the 2009 IAAF World Championships, the 2011 IAAF World Championships, the 2012 Olympic games and the 2013 IAAF World Championships.

Personal life

Jeng is a practicing Muslim, according to him Islam is very important in his life. He currently lives in Gothenburg.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Beijing 2008 pole vault men Results - Olympic athletics".

External links

• Alhaji Jeng at World Athletics