Mark Hudspith

Mark Edward Hudspith (born 19 January 1969) is a male English former long-distance runner.

Mark Hudspith
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1969-01-19) 19 January 1969
Tynemouth, Northumberland
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubMorpeth
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1994 VictoriaMen's Marathon

Athletics career

Hudspith represented England and won the bronze medal in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.[1][2][3] At the time he was the first Briton to win a major championship medal in the Marathon in 10 years, since Charlie Spedding won bronze at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.[4] Eight years later he represented England again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Personal life

Hudspith studied at Durham University.[6] He achieved a personal best time of 2:11:58 in London on 2 April 1995.[7]

References
  1. "Mark Hudspith". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Commonwealth Games: Revitalised Moneghetti takes marathon: Bronze for". The Independent. 29 August 1994. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "Hatfield College History". community.dur.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. "IAAF: Mark Hudspith Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018.


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