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]
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Born | 8 February 1979 |
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
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Country | Australia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
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]