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Adam Gemili Net Worth

There are various different estimations for Adam Gemili net worth, but most come it at around the £1 million range. Gemili could enjoy a useful boost to that net worth following Tokyo 2020.

Not only will success bring more income, but he and other big-name athletes agreed a deal with the British Olympic Association to have greater freedom to promote their own sponsors during the Olympics.

Gemili, Mo Farah, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Laura Muir led the push as athletes sent a legal letter to the BOA in 2019.

At the front of the effort, Gemili was pleased with the agreement, which will enable Team GB athletes to promote sponsors during the Games.

He said, "It was really important for us to get these changes in for this Olympic cycle but we are still in conversations about after Tokyo.

"Athletes get one opportunity to get to an Olympic games in four years and we want to maximise and capitalise on every opportunity we can going into that.”

Adam Gemili Girlfriend

Like many Team GB stars, Adam Gemili does his best to keep his personal life as just that. When you’re featuring in the world’s most watched sports events, though, it’s rarely that straightforward.

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph back in 2017, Gemili had recently moved in with his girlfriend Hannah Lloyd.

At the time, the couple had been together for three-and-a-half years. Lloyd is a teacher, and the pair met during his Gemili’s time at Loughborough.

Other websites have since claimed that Gemili is single. As the Olympics near, there’s bound to be more reporting on Gemili’s personal life, and keeping his private life quiet will be much trickier if he comes home with a medal.

Adam Gemili Rio 2016

Adam Gemili’s Rio 2016 campaign had a heartbreaking ending. Having qualified for the men’s 200-metre final, Gemili crossed the finish line alongside Churandy Martina and Christophe Lemaitre.

It was the tightest of photo finishes, but the outcome was the nightmare scenario for Gemili. Lemaitre claimed the bronze medal by just six thousandths of a second.

Fourth is perhaps the worst place to finish, particularly when quite literally touching distance from an Olympic medal.

This wasn’t Gemili’s first taste of Olympic disappointment unfortunately. Running the final leg of the men’s 4x100 metre relay at London 2012, Gemili and Daniel Talbot failed to complete the last handover in time and were disqualified in the semi-final.

It was a great opportunity for a medal had they reached the final. He also finished third in his semi-final at London 2012.

Still searching for that first Olympic hardware, Gemili is looking forward to another medal push.

Following the postponement of the Games in 2020, he was pleased to see they would still be taking place in the summer, noting that moving them earlier in the year would be more challenging for many athletes given their training programmes.

Adam Gemili Religion

Adam Gemili is a Muslim. He’s one of many Muslims to have represented Team GB at the Olympics, and has previously given interviews which reference some of the challenges with being a Muslim athlete.

Unfortunately, like many high-profile people, Gemili has previously been the victim of racist and Islamophobic trolling.

The former Chelsea academy player has acknowledged the existence of such comments, but said back in 2017 that he just laughs at it.

Adam Gemili Parents

Adam Gemili’s parents are Sacha and Az Gemili. He’s of Moroccan and Iranian descent, which he has described as ‘a very weird background for a sprinter’.

His father is a Moroccan and a practising Muslim, but the rest of his family are not religious.

During an interview in 2017, Gemili spoke proudly of his background, “You don't forget your roots, and we go back to Morocco. I've been to Iran once and it was cool.”

Gemili’s parents have clearly played a major role in his development as an athlete and a man. He’s previously given touching interviews on those trips back to Morocco, including an emotional recount of his grandmother’s dementia.

Adam Gemili Height

Adam Gemili is 1.8 metres tall. Following an era where sprinting was dominated by Usain Bolt, Gemili seems relatively short, but smaller, stockier athletes have often excelled in men’s sprinting.

Gemili is the same height as another Jamaican sprinting phenomenon, Yohan Blake. He’s a few centimetres taller than Team GB icon Mo Farah.

Much can be made of the advantage of longer strides in sprinting, particularly in the light of Bolt and Asafa Powell being so supreme.

There’s no question Gemili is quick enough to compete with the best in the world, though, even if he takes a few extra paces to complete the race.