Martin Dent

Summary

Martin Dent (8 February 1979 in Woking, UK) is an English-born Australian Olympian marathon runner, who ran at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He made his season best time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds in the marathon in 28th place.[2]

Martin Dent
Martin Dent in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Born (1979-02-08) 8 February 1979 (age 45)
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
EventMarathon

Dent attended Berkeley Vale Community High School on the Central Coast of New South Wales. This is the same school that produced Australia Rugby Union Wallaby star Adam Ashley-Cooper, Scottish and British Lions player Nathan Hines and NRL player and Wests Tigers Assistant Coach Paul Stringer.

Dent currently holds the record for the fastest time on Fiordland's Kepler_Challenge.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Martin Dent at Athletics Australia". athletics.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ^ "London 2012 marathon men - Olympic Athletics". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Kepler Challenge Records". keplerchallenge.co.nz. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

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