Mark Fountain

Mark Fountain

Medal record
Representing   Australia
Men's Athletics
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	1500 metres [1]

Mark Fountain (born 10 March 1982) ^[1] is an Australian middle distance runner. He currently lives and trains in Geelong, Victoria and is married to former University of Arkansas All-America runner Erica Sigmont. ^[2] As of August 27, 2022, Mark Fountain ranked ninth in the Australian men's 1500m all-time rankings with a time of 3:33.68, and tenth in the Australian men's mile all-time rankings with a time of 3:53.24. ^[3]

Career

In 2008, Fountain was living in Fayetteville, Arkansas whilst being coached by the University of Arkansas coach John McDonnell. ^[4]

In 2009, Fountain moved back to Australia to be coached by Bruce Scriven and former Olympic Champion Steve Ovett.^{[ citation needed ]}

After a troublesome two years battling Achilles injuries, Fountain underwent an operation to alleviate his problems and get him on track once again.^{[ citation needed ]}

Fountain is the General Manager of Supaworld, an indoor family entertainment centre which has four locations Australia wide. He has worked there since 2014.^{[ citation needed ]}

Achievements

• 8th world Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland(1999)
• 5th World University Championships Daegue, Korea(2003)
• 3rd Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia(2006)
• 9th(h) World Championships Osaka, Japan (2007)
• Australian indoor record 1000m: 2.20.3 (2005)
• Australian indoor record mile: 3.54.7 (2005)
• Bronze medalist at 1500 m 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Australian Under 18 Champion 1500 m 1999
• Australian Under 20 Champion 1500 m 2001
• Australian Under 20 Champion 3000 m 2001
• Australian Under 20 Champion X-Country 2001
• Australian National Champion 1500 m 2007
• Personal record: 1500 m 3.33.68 ^[1]

References

1. "Mark Fountain: Athlete profile". International Association of Athletics Federations . Retrieved 17 October 2018.
2. WholeHogSports.com - Tyson Invitational Report: Harter gets a lot from few Archived 2007-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. "McSweyn hits Back, as Ingebrigtsen Asserts Dominance". runnerstribe.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
4. From Flotrack, Ryan (19 June 2008). "Aussie Mark Fountain". flotrack.org.

External links

• Athletics Australia profile
• Interview with Mark Fountain on Runnerstribe.com ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}