Eugene Amo-Dadzie
British athlete
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugene Amo-Dadzie (born 22 June 1992)[2] is a British athlete who competes as a sprinter. He was a bronze medalist over 60 metres at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2023 British Athletics Championships.
_Eugene_Amo-Dadzie.jpg)
2025 UK Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 22 June 1992 Rainham, London, England[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | sprint |
| Club | Woodford Green with Essex Ladies |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Biography
Late starter
Amo-Dadzie did not start competing until he was twenty-six years-old, by which time he was a qualified chartered accountant. He competed at the British Athletics Championships for the first time in 2019, finishing fifth in his semi-final.[3]
A Woodford Green athlete, Amo-Dadzie ran a new personal best time over 100m of 10.20 seconds to finish second at the 2021 British Athletics Championships in Bedford.[4] In August 2022 he lowered his 100m personal best to 10.05 in Stratford. This placed him third over 100m by fastest time by UK athletes in 2022.[5][6]
First British selection
In February 2023 he finished third behind Reece Prescod and Jeremiah Azu at the British Indoor Athletics Championships 60m race, held in Birmingham.[7] They were subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul.[8] He qualified for the semi-finals of the 60m on his major championships debut.[9]
Breaking the ten-second barrier
On 16 June 2023 he clocked 9.93 seconds for the 100m at a meeting in Graz, Austria to break the 10-second barrier for the first time.[10] In July 2023, competing at the British Championships in Manchester, he reached the final in the 100m and finished third overall.[11]
He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, to make his world championship debut at the age of 31[12] He reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres.[13][14] Later that year he was granted UK Sport's national lottery funded world class programme for the first time.[15]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[16]
He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[17] He ran in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay, alongside Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jona Efoloko and Romell Glave as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[18] He won the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025.[19] At the championships he also anchored the British men's 4 x 100 metres team to a third-place finish.[20] On 2 August, he placed fourth in the final of the 100 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 10.04 seconds.[21]
On 30 August, he tied with Linford Christie in second place on the British all-time list and fifth on the all-time European list after running 9.87 seconds (+2.0) for the 100 metres in Lee Valley.[22][23] In September 2025, he competed in the men's 4 x 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[24][25]
Competing on the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Madrid on 6 February 2026, Amo-Dadzie equalled his 60m personal best of 6.59 seconds.[26] On 20 June, he qualified for the 100 metres final at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships, placing sixth overall.[27]
Personal life
From Rainham, Amo-Dadzie said he felt a responsibility to speak out to encourage BAME people to consider taking the COVID-19 vaccine in order to quell concerns they may have. Eugene is married with children.[28] His parents are of Ghanaian heritage and his mother worked as a social carer and his father worked on the London Underground. He has two sisters.[29] After university he began working in accounting; as of 2023 he was working as a senior accountant for a subsidiary of Berkeley Group, St George plc.[14]