Du'aine Ladejo
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Du'aine Ladejo[1] (born 14 February 1971, in Paddington, London, England) is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championships and being a member of the United Kingdom and England 400-metre relay squads at the European Championships, Olympics and Commonwealth Games during the 1990s. Ladejo is of mainly Nigerian ancestry[2]
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Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-02-14) 14 February 1971 (age 53) Paddington, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Birchfield Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Since retiring from athletics, he has appeared on several television shows including Gladiators, where he is known by his Gladiator alias Predator. Ladejo is also the founder of Du'aine's Fit4Schools, an organisation which raises funds to promote health and fitness in schools.[3] He now works full time as the head of Track & Field at Knox Grammar School, Sydney.[citation needed]