Terry Whitehead

Terry Whitehead

Personal information
Born	(1957-01-10) 10 January 1957 (age 68) Peterborough, England
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting/400m
Club	Chelmsford AC

Robert Terence John Whitehead (born 10 January 1957) is a British sprinter. Whitehead competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Whitehead finished third behind Maurice Peoples in the 400 metres event at the 1978 AAA Championships. ^{[2] [3]} Shortly afterwards he represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay events. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, he represented Great Britain in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. ^[7]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Terry Whitehead Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
4. "Edmonton 1978 Team". Team England. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
5. "1978 Athletes". Team England.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2025.