Alhaji Jeng

Swedish pole vaulter

Alhaji Jeng

Personal information

Born

(1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 42)
Banjul, The Gambia

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb)

Sport

Country

Sweden

Sport

Athletics

Event

Pole Vault

Club

Örgryte IS

Coached by

Yannick tregaro

Achievements and titles

Personal best

5.81(Indoor)

Medal record


	2006 Moscow	Pole vault
	2005 Helsingborg	Pole vault
	2006 Sollentuna	Pole vault
	2008 Västerås	Pole vault
	2011 Gävle	Pole vault
	2012 Stockholm	Pole vault
	2014 Umeå	Pole vault

Updated on 8 February 2015.

Alhaji Jeng (born 13 December 1981) is a Swedish pole vaulter.

Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He currently has the Gambian national record at 5.30 metres, set before his Swedish citizenship.

For Sweden he won the silver medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships he has also won 5 Swedish championships in athletics. He previously held the Swedish national indoor record at 5.81 metres. His outdoor personal best is 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Zhukovskiy. This places him fourth on the Swedish all-time list, behind Armand Duplantis and Oscar Janson and Patrik Kristiansson and equal to Martin Eriksson.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he missed out on qualification for the pole vault final by one place,^[1] since then he's participated in the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the 2009 IAAF World Championships, the 2011 IAAF World Championships, the 2012 Olympic games and the 2013 IAAF World Championships.