Mark Hudspith
English long-distance runner
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Mark Edward Hudspith (born 19 January 1969) is a male English former long-distance runner.
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1969 Tynemouth, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Morpeth AC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Hudspith studied at Durham University.[1] He achieved a personal best time of 2:11:58 in London on 2 April 1995.[2]
Hudspith represented England and won the bronze medal in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[3][4][5] 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.[6] Eight years later he represented England again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[7]
Hudspith was three-times British marathon champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete in the London marathon and therefore taking the AAA Championships title in 1998, 1999 and 2000.[8][9]
His brother Ian Hudspith was also a notable athlete and was the British champion at the 1997 British Athletics Championships.[10]