Andrew Lloyd (born 14 February 1959) is best known for coming from behind in the last lap to take the 5000m gold medal in the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. Lloyd was born in Colchester, Essex, England. He represented Australia at the

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. He won many prestigious Australian road races in the 1980s and 1990s including the 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1993 City to Surfs, the 1979, 1980 and 1981

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s (2:26:44, 2:17:37 and 2:19:03 respectively) and the 1980

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(2:23:02). Lloyd, whose performances in big events had come under question, won a dramatic 5000 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in

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in 1990. Running third coming into the final bend, Lloyd passed Welshman Ian Hamer and set out after the leader, the reigning Olympic Games 5000 metres champion

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. Ngugi was tiring and with about 5 metres to go Lloyd powered past to win in a time of 13:24.86, just 0.08 in front of the Olympic champion.Lloydy's 5000m 1990 Commonwealth Games Gold
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Andrew 1959 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Australian male long-distance runners Athletes from Sydney