Lincoln Asquith

Lincoln Asquith

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1964-04-03) 3 April 1964 (age 61) Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Birchfield Harriers
Medal record Athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 4x100m relay

Lincoln G Asquith (born 3 April 1964), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Asquith finished third behind Todd Bennett in the 200 metres event at the 1984 AAA Championships. ^{[1] [2]} Asquith finished fifth in the 100 metres at the 1985 AAA Championships but was the leading British athlete and therefore considered the British 100 metres champion. ^[3]

Asquith represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay event with Daley Thompson, Mike McFarlane and Clarence Callender, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

From 2006 until 2010 he was the escort of the visually impaired athlete Libby Clegg. ^[7]

References

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
3. "Sprint stars out of line" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 14 July 1985. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Libby Clegg ends partnership with guide runner Mikail Huggins". Athletics Weekly Federation.^{[ permanent dead link ]}