Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991) is a retired British sprinter who competed in the

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and the

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Career

Talbot won the 200m bronze medal at the

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in Helsinki. For

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in the 4 × 100 m at the

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, he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor

Adam Gemili Adam Ahmed Gemili (born 6 October 1993) is a British sprinter. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, and 4 x 100 metres relay, and part of the Great Britain team that won gold in the 2017 World Championships in the same event. He ...

. He ran again for Britain in the 4 x 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. At the IAAF World Championships held in London in 2017, Talbot qualified for the

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 x 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal in a time of 37.47, a British and European record. Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.

Personal life

Talbot's father is British and his mother is half

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a ...

. Talbot attended

St Augustine's Catholic College St. Augustine's Catholic College is an independent Catholic secondary school in the town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. The school has a sixth form for years 12 and 13. The school opened on its site in the western suburbs of Trowbridge in ...

Trowbridge Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies southeast of Bath, 31 miles (49 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southeas ...

, Wiltshire.

Competition record

¹Did not finish in the final

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Daniel 1991 births Living people People from Trowbridge British male sprinters English male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists British Athletics Championships winners Team Bath track and field athletes English sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent