LANSIQUOT Imani

Great Britain

Athletics

Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LONDON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : LONDON

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 100m Relay GBR Great Britain	3

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 100m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (11.35)	2nd

European Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2018	Berlin, GER	6th (11.14)	1st (41.88)

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

Year	100m
2021	1 x 9th
2020	1 x 5th
2019	1 x 10th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
5	2020	100m	Rome, ITA	11.23
9	2021	100m	Gateshead, GBR	11.92
10	2019	100m	London, GBR	11.24

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	100m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	11.40

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2019	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	11.20

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

Hobbies:

Going to the cinema, reading. (athleticsweekly.com, 24 Aug 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Psychology - King's College London, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Sutton and District [Great Britain]

Coach:

Steve Fudge [personal], GBR

Injuries:

She ran the heats of the 4x100m at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, before withdrawing from the final with a thigh injury. (skysports.com, 19 Nov 2019; independant.co.uk, 06 Oct 2019)

She sustained a hamstring injury in 2017. (britishathletics.org.uk, 15 Apr 2017; skysports.com, 19 Nov 2019)

Start:

Her father took her to her first training session at age 12 and she began competing at age 14. She initially took up long jump before moving on to sprinting. (athleticsweekly.com, 24 Aug 2018)

Reason:

"I have this really vivid memory from when I was in infant school, no older than five years old, wearing these really dodgy-looking pink tracksuit bottoms. We used to have sports days, and it felt like 100m when it was probably like 20m. I would think about that day all year. It was my time to shine. I remember getting down, and they'd say, 'On your marks' and I'd win the race and just remember feeling like it was the most natural thing ever. Since then I've been obsessed with running." (radiotimes.com, 23 Oct 2019)

Ambition:

To win an Olympic medal. Outside of athletics she hopes to work as a psychologist. (radiotimes.com, 23 Oct 2019; worthofmouth.co.uk, 23 Mar 2017; fastrunning.com, 10 Oct 2017)

Hero:

British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, US tennis player Serena Williams. (radiotimes.com, 23 Oct 2019; telegraph.co.uk, 25 Jul 2018; runnersworld.com, 04 Oct 2017)

Influence:

Her father Richard. (athleticsweekly.com, 24 Aug 2018)

Ritual:

She always listens to the same pre-race music playlist. (givemesport.com, 04 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"Fail fast." (givemesport.com, 04 Mar 2020)

General Interest

General
PSYCHOLOGY
She studied psychology at Kings College London in England, and has used some of the things she has learned to help her athletics career. "Sport psychology is not part of my degree, but in my second year we did group thinking and how you can reach group harmony and get the most out of people, by having a bit of disharmony. I think there is a misconception that everyone has to be the exact same, and think the exact same. As a relay team, one of the things we worked on with a psychologist was realising that different people have different strengths. Bringing that together is what makes us the strongest possible team." (bbc.co.uk, 24 May 2020)

FAMOUS NAME
Her parents Richard and Terrey met at an English schools championships when they were teenagers. Her St. Lucian father named her after a cricketing legend. "I'm named after Brian Lara, the cricket player. It's an absolute joke, but it's true. My family on my dad's side, my St. Lucian side, are huge cricket fans. They absolutely adore the West Indies. My dad tried to convince my mum to call me Brianna-Lara. Imagine that. My mum said he could have the Lara but not the Brianna. I've never met him, but I'd love to. He would probably think I'm weird because I'm named after him." (athleticweekly.com, 26 Jul 2018; telegraph.co.uk, 25 Jul 2018; runnersworld.com, 04 Nov 2017)

INSPIRATION
She hopes to help young girls from London get into sport. "Growing up in an inner-city area, going to an inner-city primary and secondary school, it's really important to me to inspire young women. I want to be that encouragement and show that there is more to life than where you are from, your background, or who you are. You can fulfil your potential in any area you choose and sport was that for me. It let me magnify my confidence and that then flowed out into all other areas of my life. For me, athletics has completely transformed my life in that it helped me build up confidence as an insecure teenager. It's taught me about maturity and dealing with failure, it's helped me be a better organiser of my life and given me lots of opportunities." (athleticsweekly.com, 24 Aug 2018; fastrunning.com, 10 Oct 2017)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as an athlete advocate for UK Athletics [UKA]. (bbc.co.uk, 13 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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