Mark Hudspith

Mark Hudspith
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1969-01-19) 19 January 1969 (age 55)
Tynemouth, Northumberland
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubMorpeth
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Men's Marathon

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

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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