Weekend Edition: The incredible story of Eugene Amo-Dadzie AKA 'The World's Fastest Accountant' - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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A special interview today with a sprinter - who ironically - is living proof that it’s NEVER too late to start! Eugene Amo-Dadzie has shot to stardom as ‘The World’s Fastest Accountant’, literally balancing spreadsheets with sport until he was 26 years old!
Last month he tied his hero Linford Christie’s 100M time and became the joint second-fastest British man over 100m (9.87). It’s an amazing story that has led all the way to the start line at this weekend’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and you’re gonna love him!
Plus we'll look back on another star-studded week on the show as Gabby hit the trading floors of the City at a charity event to catch up with the likes of John Terry, Michael MacIntyre, Maro Itoje, Keira Walsh and many more. Earlier in the week we reflected on Daniel Levy's legacy in North London after he was 'removed' as Spurs' Chairman after 24 years!
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| 0:35.9 | So as the World Athletic Championships begin in Tokyo this weekend, |
| 0:38.7 | our guest today is a GB sprinter who ironically is living proof it's never too late to start. |
| 0:44.0 | Eugene Amadatsy has shot to stardom as the world's fastest accountant, literally balancing |
| 0:49.0 | spreadsheets with sport until he was 26 years old. Last month, he tied with his hero, Limfa Christie's 100 metre time. |
| 0:56.7 | And that made him the joint second fastest British man of all time over 100 metres. |
| 1:01.5 | He ran 9,8, 7. |
| 1:03.6 | And that is fifth on Europe's all-time 100-meter list too. |
| 1:07.0 | It's an amazing story that's led all the way to the start line at this weekend's championships, |
| 1:11.2 | and I promise you, you are going to fall in love with him. |
| 1:13.6 | Welcome to the Sports Agents. |
| 1:29.5 | Hello, it's just me today and we're recording this episode at an event here in Canary War for Thursday's episode of the Sports Agents. |
| 1:38.0 | This is the BGC Trading Day which marks the anniversary of 9-11. And every year they gather celebrities from the world |
| 1:45.0 | of sport and entertainment to do trades on the floor. And they donate all the profits made |
| 1:49.4 | today to a range of charities. And we managed to catch up with a range of people from the |
| 1:54.6 | world of entertainment and sport, of course, and here's a little taste of them. |
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