John Mayock
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1970 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cannock & Stafford Barnsley Athletics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Paul Mayock (born 26 October 1970, in Barnsley) is a retired male English middle distance runner.
Athletics career[edit]
Mayock has competed at three Olympic Games, at the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2000 games in Sydney in the 1500 m and at the 2004 games in Athens in the 5000 m.[1] He has also competed at three Commonwealth Games, in 1994 in 1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria and 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, where he won bronze and silver medals in the 1500 m. He placed fourth in the 5,000, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He currently holds British indoor records for the 2000 m (4:57.09) and 2 miles (8:17.06). His previous record in the 3000 m (7:41.09) was broken by Mo Farah in 2009. Mayock represented Great Britain 58 times during his career. He has run an impressive 3:31.86 for 1500m and a mile in 3:50.32. Represented Great Britain 58 times and Team Captain.
Competition record[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Mayock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- English male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Alumni of Staffordshire University
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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