Nationality Togo Height 1.70 m Name Jan Sekpona | Sport Athletics Weight 61 kg | |
Born 20 June 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-06-20 ) Lome, Togo Event(s) Middle distance running | ||
Personal best(s) 800 m: 1:52.40 (2008) | ||
Jan Sekpona (born June 20, 1987 in Lomé) is a retired Togolese middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. Sekpona qualified for the Togolese squad in the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by attaining an entry time and a personal best of 1:52.40. Running against seven other athletes in heat three, Sekpona crossed the finish line by nearly ten minutes behind leader Wilson Kipketer of Denmark with an eighth-place time in 1:54.25. Sekpona failed to advance into the semifinals as he placed farther from two automatic slots for the next round and ranked no. 70 overall in the prelims. Sekpona was also appointed as the Togolese flag bearer by the National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Togolais) in the opening ceremony.