Marian Sutton

Marian Sutton
Personal information
Born (1963-10-07) 7 October 1963 (age 61)
London
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb) (2000)
Sport
Event(s)Marathon, Half marathon
ClubWestbury Harriers

Marian Rosemarie Sutton (born 7 October 1963) is an English long-distance runner. She won the Chicago Marathon twice and competed for Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics and several IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, placing eighth in marathon.

Sutton came to prominence as a marathon runner when she finished fifth in the 1995 Chicago Marathon. Then determined to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics she with coach Bud Baldaro scheduled training to cope with the heat expected in Atlanta.[1] However, she was not selected for the British team with Karen MacLeod and Suzanne Rigg taking the final two places alongside Liz McColgan.[2] This snub spurred Sutton on to win the Chicago Marathon in 1996 and completed the double win a year later. Sutton was selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics as the only Briton.[3]

  1. ^ K.C. Johnson (21 October 1996). "Sutton Avenges Her Olympic Snub". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ Mike Rowbottom (2 November 1996). "ATHLETICS: Sutton no longer running in the dark". The Independent. The Independent. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ^ Steve Smythe (2 August 2016). "Olympic history: Women's marathon". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2016.