Robert Denmark

Robert Denmark ( Robert Neil "Rob" Denmark ; born November 23, 1968 in Billericay ) is a former British long-distance runner who had specialized in the 5000 meter run .

Life

In 1991 he won bronze over 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Seville and was ninth over 5000 m at the World Championships in Tokyo .

A seventh place at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and a ninth place at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart was followed by the year of his greatest triumphs in 1994 : he won silver at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, and shortly afterwards, starting for England , he won the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria Gold. In a detour on the half-marathon distance , he finished seventh at the Great North Run . He achieved a time of 1:02:37 h on the track that was not suitable for the best list.

At the World Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 , Athens in 1997 and the 1999 World Cup in Seville, he was eliminated in the preliminary stages. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 he started over 10,000 m , but also did not reach the final. The following year he finished eleventh in the Great North Run.

Robert Denmark is 1.73 m tall and weighed 61 kg at competition times. He started for the Basildon Athletic Club. After his athletic career, he became a Performance Lifestyle Advisor at the English Institute of Sport.

Personal bests

• 1500 m : 3: 37.99 min, June 5, 1995, Hengelo
• 1 mile : 3: 55.38 min, Aug 12, 1990, Portsmouth
• 2000 m : 5: 04.11 min, August 12, 1996, London
• 3000 m: 7: 39.55 min, August 1, 1993, Cologne
  • Hall: 7: 43.90 min, March 10, 1991, Seville
• 5000 m: 13: 10.24 min, June 9, 1992, Rome
• 10,000 m: 28: 03.31 min, July 22, 2000, Watford

Web links

• Robert Denmark in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
• Rob Denmark on sporting-heroes.net
• Robert Denmark in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

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