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Quincy Jonas Edward Samuel Douglas
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Quincy Jonas Edward Samuel Douglas (born 7 September 1975 in Oxford raised in Bergen ) is a Norwegian former sprinter. He represented the Gular sports team in Bergen, and in recent years has been a member of IK Tjalve in Oslo , where he is a coach.

 

He is now a sprint coach for Nesodden IF in Nesodden and for IL Tyrving. He has also worked as an expert commentator for Eurosport and a prison officer in Oslo District Prison.

 

He currently works as a market and business developer in IQ Locks and as an environmental worker in child protection.

 

Douglas is the father and coach of Leon Samuel Douglas Mjaaland and younger brother of middle distance runner Atle Douglas.

 

• Leon Samuel Douglas Mjaaland (born 6 September 2000 ) is a Norwegian athlete, who represents IL in BUL. He mainly competes in sprints and middle-distance races, and came fourth in 800 meters during the 2020 Indoor Athletics National Championships. He is coached by his father, Quincy Douglas , who has 31 NM gold medals in athletics, and is the stepson of Audun Lysbakken , party leader and parliamentary leader in SV.

• Atle Thorold Lancelot Douglas (born 9 June 1968 in Oxford , England ) is a Norwegian former athlete who represented BFG Fana , SK Vidar , Bergen FIK, IL Gular and IL Norna-Salhus.  Douglas specialized in the distance of 800 metres , and came in eighth place in the final during the 1994 European Championship.  He also participated in two Olympics ( Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 ), and two World Championships Stuttgart 1993 and Gothenburg 1995 , without reaching the finals. He became Norwegian champion at 800 meters in the years 1987-1990, 1993, 1995 and 1998. For his victory in 1993, he received the King's Cup . In 1992, Douglas set a new Norwegian record for 800 meters with a time of 1.45.15, thereby beating Audun Boysen's record from 1955.  Douglas' personal record is 1.43.69, and was set in Rieti in September 1995.  As of August 2018, he had only Olympic -winner Vebjørn Rodal ahead of him on the statistics.

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