Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish ( born June 1, 1976 in Coventry ) is a British sprinter and relay gold medalist. For large international championships he has so far won seven medals for Great Britain and three medals for England.
His first great success was achieved by Marlon Devonish 1995, when he became European Junior Champion in the 100 -meter run and the 200 -meter run. He won gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games with the English 4x100 - meter relay in the cast Dwain Chambers, Marlon Devonish, Darren Campbell and Julian Golding. At the 1999 World Championships he won silver in the British squadron in the cast Jason Gardener, Campbell, Devonish and Chambers. The following year, Devonish difference with the British squadron in the run- off at the Olympics.
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games Devonish won silver over 200 meters and gold again with the English squadron, which contested the occupation Gardener, Devonish, Allyn Condon and Campbell. Fourteen days later he won the bronze medal over 200 meters at the European Championships in Munich in 2002. The British squadron in the occupation Christian Malcolm Campbell, Devonish and Chambers won the season finale. This medal of the season but was denied in retrospect because Dwain Chambers was retrospectively banned for doping. The lock on Chambers covered the period 2002 and 2003, so that the British squadron also the silver medal at the 2003 World Cup has been revoked. Walked the squadron was in the same occupation as in Munich in 2002.
At the beginning of 2003, Devonish had achieved his greatest success with no season when he won at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham the title in the 200 -meter run. His greatest success with the season he reached at the Olympic Games in 2004, when the British squadron won in the occupation Gardener, Campbell, Devonish and Mark Lewis - Francis to a hundredth of a second ahead of the U.S. gold.
At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki won the British squadron bronze with Gardener, Devonish, Malcolm and Lewis - Francis. 2006 at the European Championships in Gothenburg Devonish repeated his third place of 2002 on 200 meters. The squadron won gold in the cast Chambers, Campbell, Devonish and Lewis - Francis. At the World Championships 2007 in Osaka, he was sixth over 100 m and won the bronze medal in the relay.
Marlon Devonish has a competition weight of 72 kg at a height of 1.80 m.