Lorraine Ugen
Lorraine Ugen at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in 2015
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
22 August 1991 (age 25) London, England |
| Residence | DFW,Texas |
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 Great Britain
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| Sport | Long jump, sprint |
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| Olympic finals | 2016 |
Lorraine Ugen (born 22 August 1991) is a British long jumper, current British record holder in the Women's Long Jump, and 100 m sprinter with respective personal bests of 6.97 m (March 2017, European Indoor Championships) and 11.42 s (2 May 2015). Ugen competed in Rio at the 2016 Olympics in the long jump where she secured her spot as an olympic finalist finishing eleventh (11th) overall.
She won an NCAA indoor and an NCAA outdoor title in the long jump for Texas Christian University.
Ugen was born in London on 22 August 1991. As a child, she attended Townley Grammar School and achieved national success at a young age, winning both the indoor and outdoor long jump titles at the 2009 English junior championships, as well as the English Schools' Athletics Championships. She was initially a member of Bexley Athletic Club, but later began training with Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club. During the 2016 season, Lorraine joined the Thames Valley Harriers Athletic Club. In her international debut, she competed in qualifying only at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, then met the same fate at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was runner-up at the UK Athletics Championships in 2011, but failed to register a mark at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Ugen went on to study at Texas Christian University in 2011 and began competing for the college's TCU Horned Frogs athletic team the following year. She made her first appearance at the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2012, but did not record a valid mark at either event. She achieved a personal best of 6.74 m (22 ft 1 1⁄4 in) at that year's UK Championships, placing second but being just short of the Olympic qualifying standard.
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