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Sean Baldock
Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	3 December 1976 (age 48); Hastings, East Sussex
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Belgrave Harriers, Wimbledon
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
Representing Great Britain
European Championships

Sean Michael Baldock (born 3 December 1976) is a male British former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athletics career

He was born in Hastings, East Sussex.^[1] He only became a serious athlete in 1996 having joined Hastings Athletic Club as an under-11 athlete in 1987.^[2] Prior to that he had played football, eventually playing for Hastings Town. When he reached 18, because he was always getting injured, he was forced to make a choice between football and athletics, world class athlete.^[3]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Jared Deacon, Paul Slythe and Mark Hylton.^[5]^[6] Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4 x 400 metres relay that consisted of Chris Rawlinson, Cori Henry, Daniel Caines, Hylton and Deacon.^[7]

Personal life

Upon retirement, he became a sports teacher at Claremont School, East Sussex, a lecturer on sports injury at Sussex Coast College and a retained firefighter.^[8] More recently, he was a sports coach at Buckswood School East Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	10th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:14.55
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	4x400 m relay	3:02.74
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th	400 m	50.05
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st (h)	4x400 m relay	3:02.37
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	4x400 m relay	2:59.71
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd (h)	4x400 m relay	3:03.58
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	3rd (h)	4x400 m relay	3:06.34
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	45th (h)	400 m	46.45
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	11th (sf)	400 m	45.71
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	1st	4x400 m relay	3:00.40
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	19th (h)	400 m	46.62
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st (h)	4x400 m relay	3:02.97
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	4x400 m relay	3:01.00
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	4x400 m relay	3:01.07

Personal Bests

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date
200 m^[9]	21.55	-4.5	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8 July 1999
200 m	21.43	+3.3	London, UK	5 May 2001
200 m (Indoors)	21.50		Glasgow, UK	14 March 1999
300 m	32.88		Cardiff, UK	31 May 1997
400 m	45.20		Birmingham, UK	12 August 2000
400 m (Indoors)	46.11		Birmingham, UK	8 February 1998
800 m	1:53.08		Birmingham, UK	23 July 1999
800 m (Indoors)	1:54.25		Birmingham, UK	7 February 1998
4x400 m relay	3:01.00		Paris, France	31 August 2003
4x400 m relay (Indoors)	3:06.34		Maebashi, Japan	6 March 1999

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sean Baldock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ "Olympic talent moves into coaching". Hastings and St. Leonards Observer. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "An Olympic tyre-fitter". BBC. 22 August 2000. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "2002 team". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Olympic talent moves into coaching". Hastings and St. Leonards Observer. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "Sean BALDOCK". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.