Sean Baldock

He was born in Hastings, East Sussex.^[2] He only became a serious athlete in 1996 having joined Hastings Athletic Club as an under-11 athlete in 1987.^[3] 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.^[4]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[5] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Jared Deacon, Paul Slythe and Mark Hylton.^[6][7]

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.^[8]

Baldock made the podium of the AAA Championships on three occasions in 2000, 2002 and 2004.^[9][10]

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.^[11] More recently, he was a sports coach at Buckswood School East Sussex.^{[citation needed]}