Laviai Nielsen ( born Laviai Nielsen ; born March 13, 1996 , London , UK ) is a British athlete who specializes in 400 meters . Silver medalist of the European Indoor Championships 2017 in the relay 4x400 meters. Two-time European Junior Champion ( 2015 ).
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| Full name | Laviai nielsen | ||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | March 13, 1996 (23 years old) London , UK | ||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Great Britain | ||||||||||
| Growth | 168 cm | ||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg | ||||||||||
| Club | Enfield & haringey | ||||||||||
| Trainers | Frank Adams | ||||||||||
| Sports career | 2012 - n. at. | ||||||||||
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| Personal records | |||||||||||
| 400 m | 52.25 (2015) | ||||||||||
| Personal records in the room | |||||||||||
| 400 m | 51.90 (2017) | ||||||||||
| International medals | |||||||||||
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Biography
Together with her twin sister, Lina, she began athletics at school. At 16, she volunteered at the Olympic Games in her native London . At the same time, her own results were not high. Together with her sister, they ran a distance of 800 meters and only after moving in 2013 to coach Frank Adams tried their hand at sprint [1] .
In the debut year in the 400-meter race, Laviai improved her personal record by 4 seconds, the next season she dropped the same number (53.86) and selected for the junior world championship in the 4x400-meter relay. She helped the team reach the final, where she remained a substitute, and the UK team won bronze medals.
In 2015, she became a two- time European champion among juniors : first she won a 400-meter individual run with a score of 52.58, and then she took gold in the relay with her sister.
In the winter of 2017, at a competition in Birmingham, she set a personal record of 51.90 (faster than her summer achievement). At the European Championships in the room she finished fourth at a distance of 400 meters, and then at the last stage in the relay 4x400 meters she brought the British silver medals.
She is a student at King's College London , where she studies geography [2] .
Key Results
| Year | Tournament | Location | Discipline | A place | Result |
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| 2014 | World Junior Championship | Eugene , USA | relay race 4 × 400 m | 4th (forget) | 3.35.37 |
| 2015 | European Junior Championship | Eskilstuna , Sweden | 400 m | 1st | 52,58 |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 1st | 3.34.36 | |||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championship | Belgrade , Serbia | 400 m | 4th | 52.79 |
| relay race 4 × 400 m | 2nd | 3.31.05 |
Notes
Links
- Laviai Nielsen's profile at The Power of 10
- Laviai Nielsen - profile on the IAAF website
- Laviai Nielsen's profile at all-athletics.com
- Laviai Nielsen's profile on the European Athletics Association website