Christopher Thompson (athlete)

Chris Thompson 2011

Christopher "Chris" Thompson (born April 17, 1981 in Barrow-in-Furness ) is a British long-distance runner .

Life

In 2003 he took 19th place on the short distance at the Cross Country World Championships in Avenches and 98th place on the long distance in 2004 at the Cross Country World Championships in Brussels . In 2003 he was U23 European champion over 5000 m , the following year he was British champion over the same distance.

At the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 , he was eliminated over 5000 m in the preliminary run. In 2010 he became British champion over 5000 m and won the silver medal over 10,000 m at the European Championships in Barcelona behind his compatriot Mo Farah and in front of the Italian Daniele Meucci .

Christopher Thompson lives in Eugene ( Oregon ) and starts for the Aldershot, Farnham & District association. He is trained by John Nuttall and Mark Rowland and mentored by PACE Sports Management .

Personal bests

• 1500 m : 3: 41.04 min, June 12, 2004, Watford
• 3000 m : 7:43:34 min, August 13, 2010, London
• 5000 m: 13: 11.51 min, July 10, 2010, Gateshead
• 10,000 m: 27:27:36 min, May 1st 2011, Bedford
• 10K road run : 28:02, March 7, 2010, Partington
• Half marathon : 1:02:07 min, September 30, 2018, Glasgow
• Marathon : 2:11:19 min, April 13, 2014, London

Web links

Commons : Chris Thompson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christopher Thompson in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on The Power of Ten
• Chris Thompson on the Aldershot, Farnham & District Athletic Club website
• Interview on Runnerslife, 2010

Footnotes

1. ↑ Athlete portrait at PACE Sports Management ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Chris THOMPSON | Profiles. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .