Mark Richardson (sprinter)

Mark Richardson

Personal information
Full name	Mark Ashton Richardson
Nationality	British
Born	(1972-07-26) 26 July 1972 (age 52)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprints
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×400 m relay 1992 Barcelona 4×400 m relay World Championships 1997 Athens 4×400 m relay European Athletics Championships 1998 Budapest 4×400 m relay 1998 Budapest 400 m World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv 4×400 m relay 1990 Plovdiv 400 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 400m 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×400 m relay

Mark Ashton Richardson (born 26 July 1972, in Slough)^[1] is a retired English sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay for Great Britain and England. He won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships, and again in the same event at the 1998 European Championships. At the Olympic Games, he won silver and bronze medals in the 1992 and 1996 4 x 400 metres relays. In the individual event, Richardson's most significant international results were silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and bronze in the 1998 European Championships, in addition to three domestic championships gold medals between 1995 and 2002.

As of July 2022, Richardson was ranked joint third in the all-time Great Britain lists for 400 metres^[2]