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10 Facts About Lorraine Ugen

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Lorraine Ugen was born on 22 August 1991 and is an English long jumper and occasional 100 m sprinter with respective personal bests of 7.05 m and 11.32 s Ugen competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the long jump, finishing in eleventh place.

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Lorraine Ugen achieved national success at a young age, winning both the indoor and outdoor long jump titles at the 2009 English junior championships, as well as the English Schools' Athletics Championships.

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Lorraine Ugen was initially a member of Bexley Athletic Club, but later began training with Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club.

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Lorraine Ugen was runner-up at the British Athletics Championships in 2011, but failed to register a mark at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships.

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Lorraine Ugen went on to study at Texas Christian University in 2011 and began competing for the college's TCU Horned Frogs athletic team the following year.

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Lorraine Ugen made her first appearance at the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2012, but did not record a valid mark at either event.

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Lorraine Ugen failed to defend her outdoor NCAA title, placing fourth with a mark under six and a half metres.

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Lorraine Ugen competed for England for the first time at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she placed fifth.

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Lorraine Ugen has recently increased her personal best while soaring to great lengths at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade during the 2017 season.

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Lorraine Ugen was selected to compete in the long jump for Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she jumped 6.05m and didn't progress past the qualifying round.