Mark Dry
Mark Dry 
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| Full name | Mark William Dry | |||||||||
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 United Kingdom of Scotland
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| birthday | 11th October 1987 (age 32) | |||||||||
| place of birth | Milton Keynes , UK | |||||||||
| size | 184 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg | |||||||||
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| discipline | Hammer throw | |||||||||
| Best performance | 76.93 m (May 17, 2015 in Loughborough ) | |||||||||
| society | Woodford Green with Essex Ladies | |||||||||
| Trainer | Tore Gustafsson | |||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||
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| last change: August 16, 2018 | ||||||||||
Mark William Dry (born October 11, 1987 in Milton Keynes ) is a British hammer thrower .
Athletic career
Mark Dry gained his first international experience at the U23 European Championships 2009 in Kaunas , where he was eliminated with 65.05 m in qualification. In 2010 he started sixth for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and threw 67.41 m there. Two years later he qualified for the European Championships in Helsinki , where he was eliminated with 70.27 m in qualification.
In 2014 he won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 71.64 m behind the Canadian James Steacy and the Englishman Nick Miller . In 2015 he qualified for the first time for the World Championships in Beijing , where he was eliminated with 73.87 m in the qualification . In 2016 he failed at the European Championships in Amsterdam with 71.96 m in qualification, as well as at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where 71.03 m was not enough for a final . Two years later he took part for the third time in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where he again won the bronze medal behind the Englishman Miller and the Australian Matthew Denny with 73.12 m .
So far he has been five times Scottish champion (2009, 2010, 2012-2014). He set his personal best of 76.93 m on May 17, 2015 in Loughborough .
Doping ban 2020
In February 2020, the 32-year-old was banned from the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) for a missed doping test in 2018 for four years.
Web links
- Mark Dry in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Mark Dry in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
- Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
- Mark Dry in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Kaunas 2009
- ^ Result list of the European Championships in Helsinki 2012
- ↑ Athletics: British hammer thrower given four-year ban for 'gone fishing' lie (February 27, 2020)
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| SURNAME | Dry, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dry, Mark William (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British hammer thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milton Keynes |