Reece Prescod (born 29 February 1996) is a British sprinter. He won the silver medal in the

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at the

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and bronze for the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 World Championships. Prescod is a two-time British 100 m champion, and national champion over 60 metres indoors once.

Career

Reece Prescod qualified in first place at the GB trials to gain selection for the

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, ahead of former World Championships finalist

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. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the event, finishing seventh in the final. Having retained his British title in 2018, he finished second in the final of the

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, behind teammate

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in the 100 metres for the first time in 2018 and did it four times that year (including a wind-assisted 9.88 s at the Eugene Diamond League event in

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, U.S.).

Statistics

*Information from

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profile.

Personal bests

International competitions

Circuit wins, and National titles

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(100m) *

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Seasonal bests

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prescod, Reece 1996 births Living people Athletes from London British male sprinters English male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain British Athletics Championships winners Black British sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic male sprinters