Wellington Zaza
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Liberian |
| Born | 20 January 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 110 metres hurdles (99cm): 13.38 seconds[1] 110 metres hurdles (full height): 13.75 seconds[1] 400 metres hurdles: 52.55 seconds[1] |
| Updated on 30 October 2016 | |
Welington Zaza (born 20 January 1995) is a Liberian hurdler who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles. Zaza is the African junior record holder in the 110 metres hurdles.[a][3] He broke that record at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He has also competed at a World Championships.
Competition
Zaza's debut at an international athletics competition was at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[4] Zaza competed in both the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles.[4][5] For the heat round of the 110 metres hurdles, Zaza was drawn in heat two, a heat containing seven other athletes alongside Zaza.[4] The heats were held on 22 July 2014 at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States.[4] In his heat, Zaza ran a time of 13.66 seconds, a season's best for him, to finish third in his heat.[4] He finished 0.07 seconds behind the heat winner, American Theophile Viltz, and 0.02 seconds behind the heat runner-up, Patrick Elger of Germany.[4] Zaza was 0.08 seconds quicker than the athlete who finished fourth in the heat, Australian Ivor Metcalf.[4] Overall, Zaza was the equal ninth quickest athlete (equal with Hungarian Valdó Szücs) in the heat round.[6] Zaza was 0.42 seconds slower than the quickest athlete in the heats, David Omoregie of Great Britain.[6] As the top three athletes from each heat qualified for the semi-finals, Zaza progressed.[6] In the semi-finals held on 23 July, Zaza competed in semi-final three.[7] In the race, Zaza ran a Liberian junior record time of 13.53 seconds to finish second in the race.[7] Zaza was 0.08 seconds behind the race winner, Jamaican Tyler Mason, and 0.31 seconds quicker than Elger, who finished third.[7] Overall, Zaza's time was the fifth quickest in the semi-final round.[8] He was 0.30 seconds slower than the quickest in the semi-final round, Frenchman Wilhem Belocian.[8] As the top two finishers from each semi-final qualified for the final, Zaza progressed.[8] The final was held on 24 July.[9] In the race, Zaza ran a time of 13.38 seconds.[9] The time was a new African junior record in the 110 metres hurdles.[3][9] Zaza finished fourth, 0.39 seconds behind the winner, Omoregie.[9] Zaza was 0.32 seconds behind the silver medalist, Mason, and 0.03 seconds behind the bronze medalist, Omoregie.[9] In the 400 metres hurdles, Zaza did not progress past the heats after his time of 55.38 seconds was not quick enough to progress.[5]
At the 2015 World Championships, Zaza was the only competitor from Liberia.[10] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles.[11] He finished last in his heat (of athletes that finished) in a time of 14.56 seconds.[11] Zaza was the second slowest athlete overall in the heat round.[12] The only athlete Zaza was quicker than was Xaysa Anousone of Laos who Zaza was 0.18 quicker than.[12] Zaza did not progress to the semi-finals.[12]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c "Welington Zaza". All Athletics. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Track & Field Coaching Essentials. Human Kinetics. 2014. ISBN 9781450489324.
- ^ a b "African Juniors records Men" (in French). Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Men – Heats – Results". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b "400 Metres Hurdles Men". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Men – Heats – Summary". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Men – Semi-Final – Results". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Men – Semi-Final – Summary". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Men". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Liberia". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b "110 Metres Hurdles Men – Heats – Results". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "110 Metres Hurdles – Heats – Summary". IAAF. Retrieved 30 October 2016.