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Danny Talbot

Danny Talbot

British sprinter

For the American football and baseball player, see Danny Talbott.

Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991)[2] is a retired British sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and the 200 metres.

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Career

Talbot won the 200m bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For Team GB in the 4 × 100 m at the London 2012 Olympics, he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor Adam Gemili. 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 200 metres 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.[3]

Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.[4]

Personal life

Talbot's father is British and his mother is half Trinidadian.[2] Talbot attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Competition record

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1Did not finish in the final

References

  1. [1]
    "Danny Talbot". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Danny Talbot - Team GB - London 2012 Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Danny Talbot to retire from athletics". British Athletics. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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