IROZURU Abigail

Date of Birth: 3 Jan 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MANCHESTER

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : MANCHESTER

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Long Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Long Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (6.64)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Long Jump
2021	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2020	1 x 5th
2019	1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2019	Long Jump	Birmingham, GBR	6.75
5	2021	Long Jump	Gateshead, GBR	6.60
5	2020	Long Jump	Stockholm, SWE	6.57
6	2021	Long Jump	Oslo, NOR	6.35

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Long Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	6.64
2	2021	Long Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	6.50
2	2020	Long Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	6.52
5	2020	Long Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	6.46

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Reading, travelling, spending time with family and friends. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Motivational Speaker

Law - University College London, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

English, French

Sale Harriers [Manchester, GBR]

She ruptured her Achilles tendon in April 2016 and required surgery. She had also undergone surgery on a torn Achilles in 2014. (abigailirozuru.com, 08 May 2020; telegraph.co.uk, 22 Sep 2019; athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

She tore her hamstring while warming up at the 2015 Indoor Grand Prix event in Birmingham, England. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

She sustained a ruptured quadricep in 2013 and required surgery. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019; telegraph.co.uk, 22 Sep 2019)

She took up athletics at age 15 in Manchester, England. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

"I had joined the Air Training Corps at age 13 following in my brother's footsteps, and through that I got involved in a variety of different activities, including five-a-side [football], netball tournaments and athletics. At one competition, I entered the 100m, 200m, 4x100m [relay] and the long jump, and won them all. But I must have dominated the long jump because a coach on the sidelines noticed me, said I had talent, and would be happy to coach me." (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

"I follow a three-day rollover cycle. It provides me with a solid framework with flexibility to adjust my programme to fit into where I am in the competition season. Some weeks this may mean I have high load and high intensity over five to six training days, whereas other weeks it may mean I only train three to four days in the week, with lower reps and sets on the track, in the sand pit and in the gym." (getsweatgo.com, 14 Aug 2019)

Winning a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, and winning gold at the 2015 British Indoor Championships in Sheffield, England. (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Enjoy it. Believe in yourself. Don't let anybody question your talent. Work hard. Work smart. Trust your coach, and your gut." (athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

General Interest

General
BUSINESS VENTURES
She owns two businesses based in Manchester, England. One is AMPLIFY Learning, through which she offers professional coaching, motivational speaking, and sports-centred educational days. The other is Manchester Tutors, a personal tutoring service. She set up the ventures in 2016 during her time out of the sport, and went on to combine them with her athletics career. "It's as busy as it sounds. It is a lot of juggling and sometimes I feel bad because I'm not present. Calls are missed, but I know there's only a small window I have for being an athlete, so that's definitely the priority. I have a couple of assistants and it's basically carrying my iPad all over, checking my emails and stuff like that. Hopefully the business will keep getting better and better, and I can assign a general manager. The aim has always been for it to run itself." (abigailirozuru.com, 08 May 2020; telegraph.co.uk, 22 Sep 2019; getsweatgo.com, 14 Aug 2019; LinkedIn profile, 15 Jun 2020; Facebook profile, 16 Feb 2021; wellroom.co.uk, 24 Mar 2021)

RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She retired from competitive athletics in 2016 due to injuries and financial concerns, but returned in 2018 after recovering from the injuries. "I just thought, 'There's no point in doing this'. It was heartbreaking. I'd missed the 2012 Olympics and was going to miss 2016 [the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro]. I'd got a lot of debt and it was too emotionally difficult to go through all the time. I was so done. I came back because I really believed I'd regret it if I didn't. I didn't want to look back and think, 'What if?'." (abigailirozuru.com, 08 May 2020; athleticsweekly.com, 30 Oct 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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