Luke Lennon-Ford

	Luke Lennon-Ford  Event    400m Date of Birth 5 May 1989  Coach Linford Christe	Â	Â
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International Highlights

2011 – European U23 Championships 400m bronze, (4×400m gold)
2010 – IAAF World Indoor Championships 4×400m ht
 

National Championships

2011 – Aviva World Trials & UK Championships 400m 5th. Aviva U23 Championships and European Trials silver. BUCS Indoor Championships 200m gold
2010 – England Closed Championships 400m silver. Aviva U23 World Trials Championships 400m gold. BUCS Championships 400m gold. Aviva European Trials & UK Championships 400m 7th. Aviva Indoor World Trials & UK Championships 400m bronze.
2009 – England U23 Championships 400m silver. Aviva World Trials & UK Championships 5th sf
2008 – England Athletics U20 Championships 400m sf 3rd. England Athletics U20 Indoor Championships 200m bronze
2007 – Sainsburys English Schools Championships 200m 4th

Personal Best Performances

400m 45.56

Career summary

Luke Lennon-Ford is one of Britain’s most exciting talents on the track. At the age of 21 he has already claimed Bronze at the World Indoors and Silver at the European Indoor Championships.

Luke showed promise in 2009 when at the age of 19 he won silver at the under 23 National Championships in the 400m.

Going into 2010, Luke was full of confidence after such a successful season the previous year. He wanted to build on the success of 2009 so decided to relocate to London to train with Olympic Champion Linford Christie who has coached the likes of Darren Campbell and Katharine Merry to Olympic success. He has made huge progression under Linford’s guidance and his first individual wins in the 400m came when he claimed Gold at the National U23 Championships and the British University Championships. The highlight of the year for Luke was claiming his first major medal at the World Indoor Championships. He was part of the 4×400m relay team that won the Bronze.

2011 was another great year for Luke. After retaining his title over 200m at the British University Indoor Championships, Luke was selected to be part of the 4×400m team to go to Paris for the European Indoors. Still only aged 21, Luke managed to help the team claim Silver.