Sean Baldock

Sean Baldock

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1976-12-03) 3 December 1976 (age 48) Hastings, East Sussex
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Belgrave Harriers
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x400m relay 2002 Manchester 4x400m relay Representing   Great Britain European Championships 2002 Munich 4x400 m relay

Sean Michael Baldock (born 3 December 1976) is a male British former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athletics career

He was born in Hastings, East Sussex. ^[1] He only became a serious athlete in 1996 having joined Hastings Athletic Club as an under-11 athlete in 1987. ^[2] Prior to that he had played football, eventually playing for Hastings Town. When he reached 18, because he was always getting injured, he was forced to make a choice between football and athletics, world class athlete. ^[3]

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[4] The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson, Jared Deacon, Paul Slythe and Mark Hylton. ^{[5] [6]} Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4 x 400 metres relay that consisted of Chris Rawlinson, Cori Henry, Daniel Caines, Hylton and Deacon. ^[7]

Personal life

Upon retirement, he became a sports teacher at Claremont School, East Sussex, a lecturer on sports injury at Sussex Coast College and a retained firefighter. ^[8] More recently, he was a sports coach at Buckswood School East Sussex.^{[ citation needed ]}

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   England
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	10th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:14.55
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	4x400 m relay	3:02.74
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th	400 m	50.05
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st (h)	4x400 m relay	3:02.37
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	4x400 m relay	2:59.71
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd (h)	4x400 m relay	3:03.58
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	3rd (h)	4x400 m relay	3:06.34
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	45th (h)	400 m	46.45
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	11th (sf)	400 m	45.71
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:00.40
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	19th (h)	400 m	46.62
			1st (h)	4x400 m relay	3:02.97
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	4x400 m relay	3:01.00
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	4x400 m relay	3:01.07

Personal Bests

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date
200 m [9]	21.55	-4.5	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8 July 1999
200 m	21.43	+3.3	London, UK	5 May 2001
200 m (Indoors)	21.50		Glasgow, UK	14 March 1999
300 m	32.88		Cardiff, UK	31 May 1997
400 m	45.20		Birmingham, UK	12 August 2000
400 m (Indoors)	46.11		Birmingham, UK	8 February 1998
800 m	1:53.08		Birmingham, UK	23 July 1999
800 m (Indoors)	1:54.25		Birmingham, UK	7 February 1998
4x400 m relay	3:01.00		Paris, France	31 August 2003
4x400 m relay (Indoors)	3:06.34		Maebashi, Japan	6 March 1999

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sean Baldock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
2. "Olympic talent moves into coaching". Hastings and St. Leonards Observer. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
3. "An Olympic tyre-fitter". BBC. 22 August 2000. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
4. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
6. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
7. "2002 team". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
8. "Olympic talent moves into coaching". Hastings and St. Leonards Observer. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
9. "Sean BALDOCK". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

External links

• Sean Baldock at World Athletics