Samuel Khogali
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 July 1997 Worcester, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 7.92m (Annecy, 2024) |
Samuel Khogali (born 15 July 1997) is a British long jumper. He won the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[1]
Early life
Born in Worcester, England, he competed from a young age as a member of Worcester Athletics Club. He attended Redhill Primary School and King's School, Worcester before studying at the University of Loughborough.[2][3][4]
Career
He attended Loughborough University for whom he jumped a personal best of 7.40 metres in Sheffield at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships in February 2019. Later that year, he improved his personal best again with a jump of 7.75m at the Maltese Athletics Challenge Meeting in April. He won the Loughborough International representing England that year with a jump of 7.56 metres.[4] He was selected for the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples.[5]
He became national indoor champion when he won the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships with a jump of 7.54 metres. His second-best jump on the day would also have won him the title.[6][7] In June of that year he jumped a 7.83m (+1.8) lifetime best to place third at the 2022 British Athletics Championships.[8][9] He finished third overall in the long jump at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[10]
He was runner-up in the long jump at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[11] In May 2024, he jumped a new personal best distance of 7.92 metres in Loughborough (+0.9 m/s).[12]
He won competing for England at the Loughborough International in May 2025, with a best jump of 7.80 metres.[13] He was selected for the Great Britain squad for the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, placing eleventh overall with a jump of 7.69 metres, helping the Great Britain team to finish in fifth place overall.[14][15][16]
References
- ^ "Samuel Khogali". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Indoor Midlands success for Worcester athletes". Worcester News. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "James Andrews leads way for county at English School Championships". redditchadvertiser.co.uk. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Athletics: Sam Khogali competes at Summer Universiade for GB". Worcester News. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "BRITISH ATHLETES CHOSEN FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". British Athletics. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "England's athletes aim high at British Champs". England Athletics. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Muller UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "BURGIN, MITCHELL-BLAKE AND NEITA IMPRESS ON FINAL DAY OF MULLER UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Up and coming Ashby area athletes can benefit from local talent development programme". Ashby Nub News. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "CLUB RECORDS FOR KHOGALI AND POTRYKUS; EURO QUALIFYING FOR NORMAN". wgel.org.uk. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Kickstarting the season at Loughborough International". England Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Mallows, Tom (29 June 2025). "GB finish fifth at European Athletics Team Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "SOLID PERFORMANCES FROM DAY THREE AT THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MADRID". British Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.