Chris Thompson (athlete)
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Chris Thompson at the 2011 Great South Run
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
| Born |
17 April 1981 Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom |
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| Residence | Eugene, United States of America | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m | ||||||||||||
| Club | Aldershot, Farnham & District AC | ||||||||||||
| Coached by |
Mick Woods < 2012 John Nuttall 2012 Mark Rowland 2012- |
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| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
1500 m: 3:41.04 |
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Medal record
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Mick Woods < 2012
John Nuttall 2012
1500 m: 3:41.04
3000 m: 7:50.95
5000 m: 13:11.51
Christopher "Chris" Thompson (born 17 April 1981) is a British long-distance runner, who won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, on 27 July 2010 behind his compatriot Mo Farah. Prior to his 2010 medal win he had won the European U23 5000 m Championship in 2003. However he was initially unable to build on this victory, as he had substantial injury problems for a number of years. He is currently coached by bronze Olympic medallist, Mark Rowland.
Thompson ran at the 2010 Great Yorkshire Run in September and came close to victory, but was edged out by a second by Australian Craig Mottram. He took on top African runners at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but he could not repeat his podium performance of Barcelona; he finished in fifth place behind Ugandan winner Moses Kipsiro and the Kenyan team, making him the top non-African performer in the event.
At the start of the 2011 track season Chris Thompson ran the third fastest 10,000 m by a Briton with his time of 27:27.36 minutes at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, California. He was the sole runner to challenge Haile Gebrselassie at the Great Manchester Run in May and finished as runner-up to the decorated Ethiopian. A heel injury interrupted his season and eventually ruled him out of competing at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He returned to action in October at the Great South Run. At the 10-mile Portsmouth race he started quickly, but faded badly in the latter stages and ended up fourth. He praised the sensible pacing of Alistair Cragg (who overtook him for third place) and remarked "I didn't respect the course with my ambitions...I've learned a lesson about road running for the future".
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