Noel Thatcher

Noel Thatcher
MBE
Personal information
EducationExhall Grange School
Occupation(s)British paralympic runner
(1984–2004)
Physiotherapist
Medal record
Para athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul B2 800m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona B2 1500m
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta T11 5000m
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta T11 10000m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney T12 5000m
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville B3 400m
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul B2 1500m
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona B1-B3 4 × 400m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona B2 800m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney T12 10000m

Noel Thatcher MBE is a British Paralympic runner who represented the United Kingdom at six Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2004, collecting a total of five gold medals. His two career highlights are winning gold and setting a world record at Barcelona in 1992, and winning the 5k race in Sydney in 2000, again setting a world record. At the 2004 Games in Athens, he carried the flag for the Great Britain team at the opening ceremony.[1]

  1. ^ "Noel Thatcher". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link), Youth Sport Trust