Danny Talbot
British sprinter (born 1991)
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Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991)[2] is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 1 May 1991 Trowbridge, England |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprints |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers
100 m: 10.14 (Bedford 2014) 200 m: 20.16 (London 2017) |
Medal record | |
Biography
Talbot was born in Trowbridge, England, to a British father and a mother who is half Trinidadian. Talbot was educated at St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.[2]
Talbot won the 200 m bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For Team GB in the 4 × 100 m at the London 2012 Olympics, he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor Adam Gemili. He ran again for Britain in the 4 × 100 at the 2014 World Relay Championships, forming part of a quartet which ran 37.93 in the heats and went on to win bronze.
Talbot became the British 200 metres champion after winning the 2014 British Athletics Championships.[3][4] Later that year he represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and won a silver medal in the relay event.[5]
At the IAAF World Championships held in London in 2017, Talbot qualified for the 200 metres semifinal with a personal best of 20.16 in his heat on 7 August. Five days later he ran the third leg for the 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal in a time of 37.47, a British and European record.[6]
Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.[7]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain | |||||
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 14th (sf) | 200 m | 21.19 w (+2.1 m/s) |
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 4th | 200 m | 20.71 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.10 | |||
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 200 m | 20.95 |
| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | 200 m | 20.46 (-0.3 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.77 | |||
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 13th (h) | 200 m | 20.27 |
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | 200 m | 20.56 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 20.25 | |
| 2017 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.321 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 9th (sf) | 200 m | 20.38 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.47 | |||
1Did not finish in the final
