Mark Lewis-Francis

Mark Lewis-Francis
MBE
Lewis-Francis in Osaka, 2007.
Personal information
Nationality England
 Great Britain
Born (1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 42)
Birmingham, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
EventSprints (100m & 4x100m relay)
ClubBirchfield
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.04 s (Paris 2002)
200 m: 20.89 s (Loughborough 2010)
Medal record
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Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis, MBE (born 4 September 1982) is a retired British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres and was an accomplished regular of GB 4 x 100m relay. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Individually, Lewis-Francis has won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and silver medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Men's 100m final and numerous indoor medals.

Lewis-Francis is a member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club and is also known as the "Darlaston Dart".