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Sean Baldock
British sprinter (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sean Michael Baldock (born 3 December 1976) is a male British former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
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He was born in Hastings, East Sussex.[2] He only became a serious athlete in 1996 having joined Hastings Athletic Club as an under-11 athlete in 1987.[3] Prior to that he had played football, eventually playing for Hastings Town. When he reached 18, because he was always getting injured, he was forced to make a choice between football and athletics, world class athlete.[4]
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Jared Deacon, Paul Slythe and Mark Hylton.[6][7]
Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4 x 400 metres relay that consisted of Chris Rawlinson, Cori Henry, Daniel Caines, Hylton and Deacon.[8]
Baldock made the podium of the AAA Championships on three occasions in 2000, 2002 and 2004.[9][10]
Upon retirement, he became a sports teacher at Claremont School, East Sussex, a lecturer on sports injury at Sussex Coast College and a retained firefighter.[11] More recently, he was a sports coach at Buckswood School East Sussex.[citation needed]
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