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Richard Davenport (sprinter)

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Richard Davenport
Personal information
Born (1985-09-12) 12 September 1985 (age 39)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
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.[2] 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

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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

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[3] Outdoor

Indoor

References

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