Tyrone Damien Edgar (born 29 March 1982 in

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) is a sprinter from

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who specializes in the

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.Athlete biography: Tyrone Edgar
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008 Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted (+5.2) 10.04 at the Junior College Championships. He moved to Texas A&M University in the autumn of 2004 and had a breakthrough in 2006 with another wind assisted 10.05 in the NCAA Midwest Championships - Later that summer he earned a place in the Norwich Union GB and NI European Championships Team. Edgar has a degree in leadership and development from Texas A&M and is a qualified fitness instructor. He competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final. In the 4x100 metres relay he won a gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and a silver medal at the

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. 2008 was his most successful year to date. He improved his personal best to 10.06 and, after the controversial disqualification of

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, was selected to compete for Great Britain in the

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. Edgar progressed further than the other two British runners and was eliminated at the semi-final stage after finishing seventh in a time of 10.18 seconds. Following an interview after the race Edgar stated that he felt he belonged in the company of the top sprinters and was now looking to the 2009 World Championships in

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. Together with

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and

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he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they were disqualified and eliminated. Edgar suffered a torn

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at the Birmingham Games in February 2009, and as a result he missed the Indoor Championships in

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.Ashenden, Mark (2009-02-21)
Farah breaks record in Birmingham

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. Retrieved on 2009-02-23. On 22 August 2009, Edgar was a member of The Great Britain and Northern Ireland men’s 4x100m relay team that took bronze at the IAAF World Championships in

with a season’s best of 38.02.

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and

ran the other legs.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar, Tyrone 1982 births Living people English male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain Texas A&M University alumni Black British sportspeople World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Greenwich Athletes from London Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade