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English sprinter (born 1985)

Richard Davenport
Personal information
Born (1985-09-12) 12 September 1985 (age 39)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 m, 400 m hurdles
ClubGloucester AC
Coached byDavid Farrow (-2005)
Nick Dakin (2007–2012)

Richard Davenport (born 12 September 1985) is an English former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 46.75 seconds outdoors (Birmingham 2012) and 47.30 seconds indoors (Birmingham 2005).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain
2001 European Youth Olympic Festival Murcia, Spain 2nd 400 m 48.59
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.21
2003 European Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 8th (h) 400 m 47.37
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.36
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 7th 400 m hurdles 51.59
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:07.02
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.53
European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 22nd (h) 400 m 47.45
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.83
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 5th 400 m hurdles 49.98
8th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.38

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. EAA profile
  2. Richard Davenport at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. All-Athletics profile


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