Mark Edward Hudspith (born 19 January 1969) is a male

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former

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Athletics career

Hudspith represented

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and won the bronze medal in the

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at the

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. At the time he was the first Briton to win a major championship medal in the Marathon in 10 years, since

Charlie Spedding Charles Spedding (born 19 May 1952 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham) is an English former long-distance runner. Athletics career Spedding was fourth in the 10,000 metres representing England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensl ...

won bronze at the 1984 Olympics in

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. Eight years later he represented England again at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

Personal life

Hudspith studied at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

. He achieved a personal best time of 2:11:58 in London on 2 April 1995.

References

Living people 1969 births English male marathon runners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub