{{short description|Sierra Leonean sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox athlete | name = Adel Sesay | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Freetown, Sierra Leone<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1033616/adel_sesay.html |title=2014 CWG profile |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031063753/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1033616/adel_sesay.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = 60 m, 100 m | club = | collegeteam = | education = | coach = }}

'''Adel Sesay''' (born 11 December 1990) is a Sierra Leonean sprinter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sierra-leone/adel-sesay-271290 |title=Adel Sesay |publisher=IAAF |date=18 March 2016| accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref> He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He also represented Sierra Leone at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the United Kingdom and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. He also competed in the Flander international athletics competition in Belgium.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

Sesay is from Rugby, Warwickshire where he represented the Rugby & Northampton Athletics Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyobserver.co.uk/sport/adel-sesay-represents-sierra-leone-america-iaaf-world-indoor-athletics-championships/|title=Adel Sesay represents Sierra Leone again in America at IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships|website=rugbyobserver.co.uk}}</ref> He was the only athlete to have been chosen in 2016 by Sierra Leone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.africansportsmonthly.com/news/-uk-based-sprinter-adel-sesay-to-represent-sierra-leone-at-the-iaaf-world-indoor-athletics-championships|title= UK based sprinter Adel Sesay to represent Sierra Leone at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships |website=africansportsmonthly.com}}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{SLE}} |- |rowspan=2|2014 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Glasgow, United Kingdom |57th (h) |100 m |11.02 |- |13th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |40.55 |- |2016 |World Indoor Championships |Portland, United States |46th (h) |60 m |6.87 |- |2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |41st (h) |60 m |7.08 |}

==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *100 metres – 10.72 (+1.3&nbsp;m/s, Tilburg 2014) *200 metres – 22.47(+1.3&nbsp;m/s, Brussels 2014) '''Indoor''' *60 metres – 6.87 (Ghent 2014)

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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * [http://www.all-athletics.com/node/620168 All-Athletics profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414122808/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/620168 |date=14 April 2016 }} * {{CGF profile|66957}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sesay, Adel}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Sierra Leonean men sprinters Category:Sportspeople from Freetown Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Sierra Leone

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