Francis Agyepong

{{short description|English triple jumper}}

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Francis Keita Agyepong (born 16 June 1965, in London) is a male retired English triple jumper.

Athletics career

Agyepong won the silver medal in at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, and finished 7th at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.18 metres, achieved in July 1995 in London.

He represented England in the triple jump event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39652|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Personal life

His younger sister, Jacqui Agyepong, is a former hurdler.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
rowspan=2|1992

|European Indoor Championships

|Genoa, Italy

|8th

|Triple jump

|16.36 m

Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|18th (q)

|Triple jump

|16.55 m

1993

|World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|27th (q)

|Triple jump

|16.46 m

rowspan=3|1994

|European Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|13th

|Triple jump

|16.27 m

European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|—

|Triple jump

|NM

Commonwealth Games

|Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

|6th

|Triple jump

|16.33 m

rowspan=2|1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|7th

|Triple jump

|16.74 m

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|14th (q)

|Triple jump

|16.58 m

rowspan=2|1996

|European Indoor Championships

|Stockholm, Sweden

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Triple jump

|16.93 m

Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|13th (q)

|Triple jump

|16.71 m

1997

|World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|13th (q)

|Triple jump

|16.83 m

1998

|European Indoor Championships

|Valencia, Spain

|8th

|Triple jump

|16.57 m

References