Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish (born 1 June 1976 in Coventry, England, UK) is a British sprint athlete.
He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester . Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent years he has concentrated mostly on the longer distance. He has also been a regular member of both the British and, at the Commonwealth Games, English 4 x 100 metre sprint relay teams, to some considerable success.
The most notable achievement of his career to date came at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There Devonish, along with Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell and Mark Lewis-Francis, won a stunning gold medal in the 4 x 100 m. relay, where the quartet defeated the pre-race favourites, United States team, by just 0.01 seconds, in a season's best of 38.07.
Achievements
- 1995
- European Junior Championships
- 100 m gold
- 200 m gold
- European Junior Championships
- 1998
- Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 4 x 100 m relay gold
- Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 1999
- European Cup
- 4 x 100 m relay gold
- World Championships - Seville, Spain.
- 4 x 100 m relay silver
- European Cup
- 2002
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England.
- 200 m silver
- 4 x 100 m relay gold
- European Championships - Munich, Germany.
- 200 m bronze
- 4 x 100 m relay gold
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England.
- 2003
- World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
- 200 m gold
- World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
- 2004
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
- 4 x 100 m relay gold
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
References
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details