Jack Green (athlete)
Jack Green at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
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6 October 1991 Maidstone, Kent, England, UK |
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| Residence | Folkestone, UK | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay | ||||||||||||
| Club | Kent AC | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m - 45.99s 400m hurdles - 48.60s 4x400m relay - 44.42s |
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Medal record
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Jack Green (born 6 October 1991) is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 400m distance, along with the hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay. He competed for the Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Since late 2010, Jack Green has trained with Malcolm Arnold at the University of Bath alongside fellow hurdler Dai Greene. At the 2011 World Championships, he finished fifth in his semi-final, a performance he described as "embarrassing, a waste of my time and the team's money", despite finishing where expected.
He also won a gold medal at the 2011 European U23 Championships in the 400m hurdles.
Following his experience at the previous year's World Championships, Green skipped the European Championships in 2012 to concentrate on the Olympics. In May 2012, he won both the 400m and the 400m hurdles at the BUCS Championships which were held at the Olympic Stadium in London. During 2012, he trialled a new technique which involved taking fewer strides. He first tested the technique at the Bislett Games in Oslo, finishing in sixth place after hitting seven out of ten of the hurdles on the course. After the Bislett Games, he spoke to former hurdler Kriss Akabusi who gave him advice as he suffered from similar issues during his career. Green placed second in the 400m hurdles at the British Olympic Trials, behind his training partner and World Champion, Dai Greene.
At the start of July 2012, Green was named to the athletics squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to compete in the 400 metres hurdles and 4x400 relay. Two weeks prior to the Games, he ran at a meet at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, setting a new personal best in both the 400m and the 400m hurdles, at 45.99 seconds and 48.60 seconds. The media coverage of the event noted the fact that Green had written "CHIN DOWN, FLAT BACK" in capital letters on the inside of his left forearm prior to the 400 metre race.
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