SPIKES Rising Stars

Rising Stars

They may not be household names yet. But these young athletes are the future of our sport – and they ALL have the X-factor...

 

Jeanette Kwakye

  • Discipline: 100m, 200m
  • D.O.B: 20/03/1983
  • Nationality: United Kingdom

She was faster than the boys at school and could end Britain's hunt for a top female sprinter.

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Marilyn Okoro

  • Discipline: 400m, 800m
  • D.O.B: 23/09/1984
  • Nationality: United Kingdom

This human rights campaigner and talented jazz singer hopes to be on song in the 800m for years to come.

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Mo Farah

  • Discipline: 5000m
  • D.O.B: 23/03/1983
  • Nationality: United Kingdom

He arrived in Britain as a 10-year-old refugee and has overcome many obstacles to become a 5000m star.

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Vivian Cheruiyot

  • Discipline: 5000m
  • D.O.B: 09/11/1983
  • Nationality: Kenya

She's already broken a world record - unfortunately in a race in which she finished second.

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Abubaker Kaki Khamis

  • Discipline: 800m, 1500m
  • D.O.B: 21/06/1989
  • Nationality: Sudan

Spotted running cross-country in war-torn Sudan, he is now a world-class middle-distance runner.

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Martyn Rooney

  • Discipline: 400m
  • D.O.B: 03/04/1987
  • Nationality: United Kingdom

Rugby player turned 400m sprinter has recently ducked under 45 seconds and is looking to put Great Britain on the one-lap-dash map

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