Danny Talbot

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Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991)^[2] is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Danny Talbot

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1991-05-01) 1 May 1991 (age 34) Trowbridge, England
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Birchfield Harriers 100 m: 10.14 (Bedford 2014) 200 m: 20.16 (London 2017)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2017 London 4 × 100 m relay European Championships 2014 Zürich 4 × 100 m relay 2012 Helsinki 200 m 2016 Amsterdam 200 m European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava 4 × 100 m relay 2013 Tampere 200 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4 × 100 m relay

Biography

Talbot was born in Trowbridge, England, to a British father and a mother who is half Trinidadian. Talbot was educated at St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.^[2]

Talbot won the 200 m bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For Team GB in the 4 × 100 m at the London 2012 Olympics, he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor Adam Gemili. He ran again for Britain in the 4 × 100 at the 2014 World Relay Championships, forming part of a quartet which ran 37.93 in the heats and went on to win bronze.

Talbot became the British 200 metres champion after winning the 2014 British Athletics Championships.^[3][4] Later that year he represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and won a silver medal in the relay event.^[5]

At the IAAF World Championships held in London in 2017, Talbot qualified for the 200 metres semifinal with a personal best of 20.16 in his heat on 7 August. Five days later he ran the third leg for the 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal in a time of 37.47, a British and European record.^[6]

Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.^[7]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	14th (sf)	200 m	21.19 w (+2.1 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	4th	200 m	20.71
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.10
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	200 m	20.95
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	2nd	200 m	20.46 (-0.3 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.77
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	13th (h)	200 m	20.27
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd	200 m	20.56
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	200 m	20.25
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.321
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	200 m	20.38
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.47

¹Did not finish in the final