Jason Carty
British masters sprint athlete (died 2021)
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Masters Athletics Career
At the European Masters Indoor Championships in March 2015, Carty won the gold medal in the 60 m in the M45 category in a time of 7.24.[3] Later in the year, after a successful British Masters Championships, Carty came second in the 100 m at the World Masters Championships to Reggie Pendland of the US, just ahead of his British rival Darren Scott.[4]
In 2016, Carty was diagnosed with lung cancer. But he returned to competitive athletics and at the World Masters Athletics Championships in 2018 he took gold in the M45 100 m in a new British record, and also won the 4 × 100 m relay.[5]