John Carew (sprinter)

John Carew
Personal information
Born 19 September 1952 (1952-09-19) (age 64)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.11 (1980)[1]

John Carew (born 19 September 1952) is a retired sprint runner from Sierra Leone. He competed in the 100 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final.[1]

In 1976 Carew came from Sierra Leone to the Soviet Union to study at the Rostov Institute of Civil Engineering. Soon after the 1980 Olympics he married a Russian woman in Rostov, and had four children with her: Olah, Willy, Victor and Katerina Keyru. Olah became an actor, Willy a singer, while Victor and Katerina are international basketball players. John Carew later returned to Sierra Leone leaving his family in Russia.[2]

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