Max Burgin
{{Short description|British runner (born 2002)}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
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| event = 800 metres
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Max Burgin (born 20 May 2002) is a British middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.{{iaaf name|14755557}}
Biography
He won the 800 metres at the 2022 British Athletics Championships in a time of 1:44.54.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/26/max-burgin-storms-home-to-win-800m-mens-final-at-uk-championships |title=Max Burgin storms home to win 800m men's final at UK Championships |publisher=The Guardian |work=theguardian.com |date=26 June 2022 |accessdate=11 July 2022 |author=Ingle, Sean}} He ran a new personal best of 1:43.52 in Turku, Finland on 14 June 2022 at the Paavo Nurmi Games, which was the fourth fastest British 800 time in history.{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a40296258/max-burgin/ |title=Max Burgin records 4th fastest British 800m of all time |publisher=Runner's World |work=runnersworld.com |date=16 June 2022 |accessdate=11 July 2022 |author=Calvert, Howard}} He also won the 800m at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships.
After winning the 800 metres silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships,{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/high-drama-for-paris-contenders-at-thrilling-olympic-trials-1039989095/|title=High drama for Paris contenders at thrilling Olympic trials|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=20 July 2024}} Burgin was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}} He came 8th in the 800m final after achieving a new personal best of 1:43.50 in the semi-final.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=Max Burgin vows to learn from Paris 2024 experience after debut Olympic final |url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/24510827.max-burgin-vows-learn-paris-2024-experience-debut-final/ |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=North Wales Chronicle |language=en}}
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Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Sportspeople from Halifax, West Yorkshire
Category:Athletes from Yorkshire
Category:English male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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