John Gladwin (athlete)

John Gladwin

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1963-05-07) 7 May 1963 (age 62) Wimbledon, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800m/1500m
Club	Belgrave Harriers
Medal record Athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 1500m

John Gladwin (born 7 May 1963) ^[1] is an English former middle-distance runner and athletics administrator.

Athletics career

Gladwin won a silver medal representing England in the 1500 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^{[2] [3] [4]} He also won the 800 metres (1987) and 1500 metres (1983) titles at the UK Championships and the 1500 metres at the 1986 AAA Championships. ^{[5] [6]}

His track mile time of 3:51.02 is the 9th fastest of all time by a British athlete. ^[7]

In 2019 Gladwin was elected president of Belgrave Harriers, ^[8] the club he competed for as an athlete. He still holds Belgrave club records in the 800m, 1,000m, 1500m and the mile. ^[9]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   England
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	2nd	1500m	3:52.17
Representing   Great Britain
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	1500m	3:42.57

References

1. "John Gladwin". IAAF site. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
2. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
3. "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
6. "AAAs Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
7. "Ranking List". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
8. "News from the 2019 AGM: John Gladwin is Belgrave club president". Belgrave Harriers. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
9. "Club records". Belgrave Harriers. Retrieved 24 July 2020.