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词条 Chris Clarke (sprinter)
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| name = Christopher Clarke MBE
| image = Chris Clarke Rio2016.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Clarke running 100m as a guide for Libby Clegg at the 2016 Paralympics
| nationality =English
| sport = Athletics
| event =200 metres, 400 metres
| club = Marshall Milton Keynes A.C
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1990|01|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place =London, England
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| weight ={{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb = 100 m – 10.45 (2007)
200 m – 20.22 (2013)
400 m – 45.59 (2009)[1]
|medaltemplates={{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}{{MedalBronze | 2010 Doha |4 × 400 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}{{MedalGold | 2009 Novi Sad|400 m}}{{MedalGold | 2009 Novi Sad|4 × 400 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}{{MedalGold|2007 Ostrava|400 m}}{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Athletics Championships}}{{MedalBronze | 2006 Beijing |4 × 400 m relay}}{{MedalSport | Para-athletics }}{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}{{MedalGold | 2016 Rio | W 100 m T11 }}{{MedalGold | 2016 Rio | W 200 m T11}}
}}Christopher Clarke {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 25 January 1990) is an English elite athlete sprinter who has often represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at junior and senior level. At club level he represents Marshall Milton Keynes AC and is also higher claim to Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.[2]

Career

At the 2006 Beijing World Junior Athletics Championships Clarke won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay.[3] In 2007 he finished first in the 400 metres final of the World Youth Championships to win the gold medal.[4] On 24 July 2009 he won two gold medals (400 m and 4 × 400 m) at the European Junior Championships in a new personal best of 45.59 seconds. 2009 also saw Chris selected for his first Senior Great Britain national team for the World athletics championships in Berlin.

2010 saw him compete as part of the 4 × 400 m relay team who later went on to claim a bronze medal at the world indoor athletics championships in Doha.

In 2011, Chris returned from injury to finish second at the British Championships and qualify for the World Athletics Championships. The GB relay team qualified for the final with 3:00.38 (Chris running 44.99 split). The team later went on to place seventh in the final with a time of 3:01.16.[5]

2012 saw Chris finish 3rd in the 200m at the British Athletics Championships. He went on to represent Great Britain at the European championships later that year finishing 6th in the final. He missed qualification for the 2012 summer Olympics.

2013 saw Chris run two personal best in the 200m to finish second in the national senior ranking with 20.22 (-1.7).

In 2014, Chris reached the semi-final of the men's 200m at the commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.

February 2016, Clarke began competing as a guide runner with Paralympic silver medalist Libby Clegg.[6] They won the gold medal in the 100 m – T11 & 200 m - T11 events at the Rio Paralympics.

Clarke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to sport.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=GBR/athcode=209145/index.html|title=Christopher Clarke|work=iaaf.org}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/|title=Home|publisher=Milton Keynes Athletic Club}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/august-2006/article-40/|title=British Athletics Official WebsiteDouble bronze for men’s relays at World Juniors|author=British Athletics|publisher=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/july-2007/article-36/|title=British Athletics Official Website – World Youth Championships: Day 3 report|author=British Athletics|publisher=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000100000095&comp_id=47276&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en|title=SWISS TIMING: Headquarters and Affiliates|publisher=sportresult.com}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/35602789 |title=Libby Clegg: Paralympic sprinter targets Rio medal with new guide |last1=Hudson |first1=Elizabeth |last2= |first2= |date=23 February 2016 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 September 2016 |quote=}}
7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N16|date=31 December 2016}}

External links

{{Commons category|Chris Clarke (sprinter)}}
  • UKA Chris Clarke{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • On the blocks
  • Chris Clarke athlete profile{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • {{iaaf name|209145}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions 400 Metres Men}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Christopher}}

10 : 1990 births|Living people|Sportspeople from London|English male sprinters|Black English sportspeople|Commonwealth Games competitors for England|Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Members of the Order of the British Empire

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