Chris Carter (middle-distance runner)
{{short description|British middle-distance runner}}
{{Similar names|Chris Carter (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Chris Carter
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Middle-distance running
| event = 800 metres
| club = Brighton & Hove AC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Steyning, Sussex, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =185 cm
| weight =81 kg
}}
Christopher Sydney Carter (born 25 December 1942) is a British middle-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/chris-carter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/chris-carter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Chris Carter Olympic Results |access-date=17 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8588_path__0p214p217p.aspx|title=My Brighton and Hove|website=www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk|access-date=5 November 2018}}
Biography
Carter competed in the 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68947 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=8 May 2025}}
Carter finished second behind Tom Farrell in the 880 yards event at the 1965 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19650710/194/0023 |title=White City results |work=Daily Mirror |date=10 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19650711/142/0034 |title=White City Details |work=Sunday Mirror |date=11 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 May 2025}} and second behind Noel Carroll at the 1966 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 May 2025}} By virtue of being the highest placed British athlete at both he was considered the British 880 yards champion{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 May 2025}}
He represented England in the 880 yards, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38276|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
He also competed in the 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:English male middle-distance runners
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