Damien Marsh

Damien Marsh ( born March 28, 1971 in Goondiwindi ) is a former Australian sprinter.

In 1993 he won at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto the silver medal in the 200 -meter run, while he retired in the first round in the 60 - meter dash. That same year, Marsh was in Stuttgart at the World Athletics Championships outdoors aft than 200 meters and finished with the Australian 4 x 100 - meter relay team to fifth place. At the Commonwealth Games in 1994 in Victoria, he won the silver medal in the relay and was in the 200 - meter race in fourth.

The greatest success of his career, he scored two years later at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995. In the relay, he won jointly with Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson and Steve Brimacombe in 38.50 s the silver medal behind Canada ( 38.31 s ) and ahead of Italy ( 39.07 s ). The day before, the Australian quartet had set up in the semifinals with a time of 38.17 s a Ozeanienrekord. In the 100 - meter dash and the 200 - meter race in Gothenburg Marsh reached the semi-finals respectively.

At the end of season 1995 Marsh won surprisingly in the 100 - meter race at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco, undercutting with a time of 10.13 s his own Australian national record by three hundredths of a second. The following year, he missed due to injury to participate in the Olympic Games in Atlanta and never reached as a result its former shape. He competed at the World Athletics Championships 1997 in Athens again with the season, but retired in the first round out.

Damien Marsh was four times Australian champion, twice in the 100 -meter run ( 1994, 1996 ) and twice in the 200 -meter run (1993, 1998). He is 1.88 m tall and had a competition weight of 81 kg.

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