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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1952 Tamworth, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running/Marathon | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Small Heath Harriers Tamworth AC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David John Black (born 2 October 1952) is a male British retired long-distance runner who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]
Black finished third behind Brendan Foster in the 5000 metres event at the 1973 AAA Championships. [2] [3]
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [4] [5] The following year, he became the British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1975 AAA Championships. [6]
In 1976 while living in Polesworth, [7] he represented Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal. [8] He then became the British 5000 metres champion at the 1977 AAA Championships. [9]
He represented England again at the Commonwealth Games, in the 10,000 metres, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada [10] [11] and went to a second Olympics when he represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow. [8]
