Marlon Devonish

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Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	4 x 100m relay

Marlon Devonish (born June 1, 1976 in Coventry, England) is an English sprint athlete.

He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent years he has concentrated mostly on the longer distance. He has also been a regular member of both the British and, at the Commonwealth Games, English 4 x 100 metre sprint relay teams, to some considerable success.

The most notable achievement of his career to date came at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There Devonish, along with Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell and Mark Lewis-Francis, won a stunning gold medal in the 4 x 100 m. relay, where the quartet defeated the pre-race favourites, United States team, by just 0.01 seconds, in a season's best of 38.07.

At the British team trials for the 2006 European Championships in July 2006, Devonish became the first man since Linford Christie in 1988 to win both the 100m and 200m races at the event.[1] At the championship finals, he took the bronze medal in the 200m.

[edit] Achievements

1995
- European Junior Championships
  - 100 m gold
  - 200 m gold
1998
- Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  - 4 x 100 m relay gold
1999
- European Cup
  - 4 x 100 m relay gold
- World Championships - Seville, Spain.
  - 4 x 100 m relay silver
2002
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England.
  - 200 m silver
  - 4 x 100 m relay gold
- European Championships - Munich, Germany.
  - 200 m bronze
  - 4 x 100 m relay gold
2003
- World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
  - 200 m gold
2004
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
  - 4 x 100 m relay gold
2005
- World Championships - Helsinki, Finland.
  - 4x100 m relay bronze
2006
- 2006 European Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden.
  - 200 m bronze
  - 4x100m relay gold

[edit] Personal bests

100 m: 10.13 (1998)

200 m: 20.19 (2002)

400 m: 46.83 (2000)

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Olympic champions in men's 4×100 m relay
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis

Post-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics
1956: Chris Brasher (3000 m steeplechase) \| 1960: Don Thompson (50 km walk) \| 1964: Ken Matthews (20 km walk) \| 1964: Lynn Davies (long jump) \| 1968: David Hemery (400 m hurdles) 1980: Allan Wells (100 m) \| 1980: Steve Ovett (800 m) \| 1980 & 1984: Sebastian Coe (1500 m) \| 1980 & 1984: Daley Thompson (decathlon) \| 1992: Linford Christie (100 m) \| 2000: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump) \| 2004: Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis (4 x 100 m relay)

Post-war British Olympic champions in men's athletics

1956: Chris Brasher (3000 m steeplechase) | 1960: Don Thompson (50 km walk) | 1964: Ken Matthews (20 km walk) | 1964: Lynn Davies (long jump) | 1968: David Hemery (400 m hurdles) 1980: Allan Wells (100 m) | 1980: Steve Ovett (800 m) | 1980 & 1984: Sebastian Coe (1500 m) | 1980 & 1984: Daley Thompson (decathlon) | 1992: Linford Christie (100 m) | 2000: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump) | 2004: Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis (4 x 100 m relay)