Adrian Leroy John Patrick (born 15 June 1973) is an English former sprinter who specialised in the

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Athletics career

Patrick represented Great Britain at one outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His personal bests in the event are 45.63 seconds outdoors (Lausanne 1995) and 46.77 seconds indoors (Birmingham 1999). He represented

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and won the

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in the

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at the

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held in

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, Canada, along with teammates, David McKenzie, Peter Crampton, and

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and heat runners Alex Fugallo and Mark Smith.

Competition record

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* 1973 births Living people English male sprinters British male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics {{England-sprint-athletics-bio-stub