Kevin Forster

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kevin Forster

| image = Kevin Forster 1983.jpg

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| caption = Kevin Forster winning the Enschede Marathon in 1983

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|9|27}}

| birth_place = Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Long-distance running

| height =178 cm

| weight =61 kg

| club = Valli Harriers

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Kevin John Forster (born 27 September 1958) is a male retired long-distance runner from England. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69057 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 June 2025}}

Biography

Forster represented Great Britain and finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988.{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/kevin-forster-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/kevin-forster-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2020-04-18 | title = Kevin Forster Bio, Stats, and Results | publisher = Sports Reference LLC | accessdate = 2013-03-04}}

Forster won the Enschede Marathon, the Toronto Marathon and the Stockholm Marathon during his career. He was also a member of the England Cross Country teams competing in the World Cross Country Championships through the 1980s, winning silver team medals in 1982 (Rome) and 1987 (Warsaw). Forster won an individual silver medal in the 1987 European Club championships (Clusone, Milan).[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/kevin-forster-11418 Kevin Forster]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.

He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39246|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314111805/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39246|url-status=dead}}

Forster won two silver medals from the London Marathon (1984, 2:11:41 and 1988, 2:10:52) and as the highest placed British athlete in 1988 was considered the British marathon champion. {{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=15 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 June 2025}}

Competition record

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR}} & {{ENG}}
1983 \|The Morpeth \|Morpeth, England \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|22.7 km \|1:08:24
1983 \|Enschede Marathon \|Enschede, Netherlands \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Marathon \|2:14:19[https://www.arrs.run/HP_TweMa.htm Enschede Marathon]. arrs.run
1986 \|Commonwealth Games \|Edinburgh, Scotland \|8th \|Marathon \|2:16:36
rowspan=2\|1987 \|Reading Half Marathon \|Reading, England \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Half Marathon \|1:02:07{{cite web \| title = Reading Half Marathon \| url = https://www.arrs.run/HP_ReadHM.htm \| publisher = Association of Road Racing Statisticians \| accessdate = 2013-03-04 \| author = Stan Eldon}}
Stockholm Marathon \|Stockholm, Sweden \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Marathon \|2:13:52[http://www.stockholmmarathon.se/Start/content.cfm?Dep_ID=20&Sec_ID=215&Lan_ID=3 The history of Stockholm Marathon] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115748/http://www.stockholmmarathon.se/Start/content.cfm?Dep_ID=20&Sec_ID=215&Lan_ID=3 \|date=2 February 2014 }}. stockholmmarathon.se
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|33rd \|Marathon \|2:20:45

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR}} & {{ENG}}

1983

|The Morpeth

|Morpeth, England

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|22.7 km

|1:08:24

1983

|Enschede Marathon

|Enschede, Netherlands

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:14:19[https://www.arrs.run/HP_TweMa.htm Enschede Marathon]. arrs.run

1986

|Commonwealth Games

|Edinburgh, Scotland

|8th

|Marathon

|2:16:36

rowspan=2|1987

|Reading Half Marathon

|Reading, England

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Half Marathon

|1:02:07{{cite web | title = Reading Half Marathon | url = https://www.arrs.run/HP_ReadHM.htm | publisher = Association of Road Racing Statisticians | accessdate = 2013-03-04 | author = Stan Eldon}}

Stockholm Marathon

|Stockholm, Sweden

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:13:52[http://www.stockholmmarathon.se/Start/content.cfm?Dep_ID=20&Sec_ID=215&Lan_ID=3 The history of Stockholm Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115748/http://www.stockholmmarathon.se/Start/content.cfm?Dep_ID=20&Sec_ID=215&Lan_ID=3 |date=2 February 2014 }}. stockholmmarathon.se

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|33rd

|Marathon

|2:20:45