Kevin Forster

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Kevin Forster
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Kevin Forster winning the Enschede Marathon in 1983
Personal information
Born (1958-09-27) 27 September 1958 (age 66)
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventLong-distance running
ClubValli Harriers

Kevin John Forster (born 27 September 1958) is a male retired long-distance runner from England. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

Forster represented Great Britain and finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988. [2]

Forster won the Enschede Marathon, the Toronto Marathon and the Stockholm Marathon during his career. He was also a member of the England Cross Country teams competing in the World Cross Country Championships through the 1980s, winning silver team medals in 1982 (Rome) and 1987 (Warsaw). Forster won an individual silver medal in the 1987 European Club championships (Clusone, Milan). [3]

He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [4] [5] [6]

Forster won two silver medals from the London Marathon (1984, 2:11:41 and 1988, 2:10:52) and as the highest placed British athlete in 1988 was considered the British marathon champion. [7] [8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom & Flag of England.svg  England
1983 The Morpeth Morpeth, England1st22.7 km1:08:24
1983 Enschede Marathon Enschede, Netherlands1stMarathon2:14:19 [9]
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland8thMarathon 2:16:36
1987 Reading Half Marathon Reading, England1stHalf Marathon1:02:07 [10]
Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden1stMarathon2:13:52 [11]
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea33rdMarathon 2:20:45 [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Kevin Forster Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Kevin Forster. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.
  4. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ↑ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Enschede Marathon. arrs.run
  10. ↑ Stan Eldon. "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  11. ↑ The history of Stockholm Marathon Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine . stockholmmarathon.se
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