Danny Talbot

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Danny Talbot

| image = Danny Talbot 2012 Parade.jpg

| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|1|df=yes}}

| height = 1.84 m{{cite web|title=Danny Talbot|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/danny-talbot|work=teamgb.com|publisher=British Olympic Association|access-date=21 January 2014}}

| weight = 69 kg

| country = {{GBR2}}
{{ENG}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprints

| worlds =

| regionals = 3rd at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

| nationals =

| olympics =

| pb =

100 m: 10.14 (Bedford 2014)

200 m: 20.16 (London 2017)

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}

{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}

}}

Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991){{cite web |title=Danny Talbot - Team GB - London 2012 Olympics |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662248/Danny-Talbot-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131211115/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662248/Danny-Talbot-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |archive-date=31 January 2012 |access-date=30 June 2012 |work=The Daily Telegraph}} is a retired British sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and the 200 metres.

Career

Talbot won the 200 m bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For Team GB in the 4 × 100 m at the London 2012 Olympics, he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor Adam Gemili. He ran again for Britain in the 4 × 100 at the 2014 World Relay Championships, forming part of a quartet which ran 37.93 in the heats and went on to win bronze.

At the IAAF World Championships held in London in 2017, Talbot qualified for the 200 metres semifinal with a personal best of 20.16 in his heat on 7 August. Five days later he ran the third leg for the 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal in a time of 37.47, a British and European record.{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-------.RC1.pdf|title=Records Set - Final|website=IAAF|access-date=24 August 2017}}

Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.{{Cite web|date=20 December 2021|title=Danny Talbot to retire from athletics|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/danny-talbot-to-retire-from-athletics/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-15|website=British Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114171654/https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/danny-talbot-to-retire-from-athletics/ |archive-date=14 January 2022 }}

Personal life

Talbot's father is British and his mother is half Trinidadian. Talbot attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Competition record

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR2}}
rowspan=2\|2010 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada \|14th (sf) \|200 m \|21.19 w (+2.1 m/s)
— \|4 × 100 m relay \|DNF
rowspan=2\|2011 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|4th \|200 m \|20.71
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.10
2012 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|200 m \|20.95
rowspan=2\|2013 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Tampere, Finland \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|200 m \|20.46 (-0.3 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.77
rowspan=2\|2015 \|rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Beijing, China \|13th (h) \|200 m \|20.27
— \|4 × 100 m relay \|DNF
rowspan=2\|2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|200 m \|20.56
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|11th (sf) \|200 m \|20.25
rowspan=3\|2017 \|IAAF World Relays \|Nassau, Bahamas \|3rd (h) \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.32¹
rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|London, United Kingdom \| 9th (sf) \| 200 m \|20.38
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|37.47

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}}

rowspan=2|2010

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

|14th (sf)

|200 m

|21.19 w (+2.1 m/s)

—

|4 × 100 m relay

|DNF

rowspan=2|2011

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships