Jeriel Quainoo
British athlete (born 2003)
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Jeriel Quainoo (born 17 April 2003) is a British sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath & Bromley AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 6.74 (London, 2022) 100m: 10.26 (Tallinn, 2021) 200m: 20.34 (Clermont, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Quainoo grew up in Ladbroke Grove, and trained as a teenager at the Linford Christie Stadium.[2] He attended Oaklands College in Hertfordshire.[3]
Career
Coached by Ryan Freckleton at Blackheath & Bromley Athletic Club,[4] he was a European U20 4 × 100 m gold medalist in 2021 in Tallinn.[5]
In July 2022, he finished third in the 200 metres at the senior 2022 British Athletics Championships in Manchester with a 20.40 seconds personal best.[6]
He followed that up by winning a 100m and 200m sprint double at the English U20 Championships in Bedford.[7] He represented Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.[8] After qualifying for the final, he finished in seventh place in the 200 metres.[9]
In May 2024, he was selected to run the 200 metres and 4 × 100 m relay for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[10] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[11]
He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[12] He ran in the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay, alongside Nia Wedderburn-Goodison, Kissiwaa Mensah and Joe Ferguson as the British quartet finished second in their heat to qualify for the final.[13] In the final, they won the bronze medal in the event.[14][15] He was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen.[16] In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[17]
Quainoo was a semi-finalist in the 60 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 14 February 2026.[18]
Quainoo was named in the British squad for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[19][20] He competed in the mixed 4 x 100 m relay as the team qualified for the 2027 World Athletics Championships.[21]