Mark Ladbrook
Mark Daniel Ladbrook (born 6 February 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired Australian track and field athlete who specialised in the 200m and the 400m.
Ladbrook represented Australia at the 1996 Olympics in the 400m and the 4x400m. He did not make it past the heats in the 400m, but reached the semi-finals in the relay.[1] He was the National Champion in the 400m at the 1996 National Championships[2]
In 1994, Ladbrook won the prestigious Bay Sheffield footrace held at Glenelg, South Australia and later competed in the annual Stawell Gift professional race, making the Gift final and winning the 70m.[3] and also coached Lauren Hewitt in the lead-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics.[4]