Clovis Asong (born 31 October 1994) is a former British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. Asong first drew media attention for breaking the

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Under-15 400 metres record in only his second race. He won a gold medal in the

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at the

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, beating World Youth Championship silver medalist

Alphas Kishoyian Alphas Leken Kishoyian (born 12 October 1994) is a Kenyan sprinter. Kishoyian won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, losing to Arman Hall. He also won a silver medal in the 400 m at ...

. Asong added gold and silver medals at the

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. He represented

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at the

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. Despite his early youth-group success, Asong was not able to translate his form into the senior ranks, and raced less regularly after 2014. His last recorded race was a single outing in 2020, aged 25, and he ceased competing thereafter.

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* * 1994 births Living people British male sprinters {{UK-athletics-bio-stub