Marlon Devonish

Marlon Devonish

Devonish at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki
Personal information
Nationality	England  Great Britain
Born	(1976-06-01) 1 June 1976 (age 40) Coventry, England
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.06 s (Lausanne 2007) 150m: 14.87 s (Manchester 2011) NR 200m: 20.19 s (Manchester 2002)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay World Championships 1999 Sevilla 4×100 m relay 2005 Helsinki 4×100 m relay 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 4×100 m 2002 Munich 200 m 2006 Gothenburg 200 m World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham 200 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4×100 m 2002 Manchester 4×100 m 2010 Delhi 4×100 m 2002 Manchester 200 m

100m: 10.06 s (Lausanne 2007)
150m: 14.87 s (Manchester 2011) NR

Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

Devonish attended Caludon Castle School in Coventry.

He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200-metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in later years he concentrated mostly on the longer distance. He was also a regular member of both the British and, at the Commonwealth Games, English 4 x 100-metre sprint relay teams, to some considerable success. He is a current Commonwealth Games record holder in the relay event.

The most notable achievement of his career came at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There Devonish, along with Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell and Mark Lewis-Francis, won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 m. relay, where the quartet defeated the pre-race favourites, United States team, by just 0.01 seconds, in a season's best of 38.07.

At the British Championships (and team trials for the 2006 European Championships) in July 2006, Devonish became the first man since Linford Christie in 1988 to win both the 100 m and 200 m races at the event. At the championship finals, he took the bronze medal in the 200 m.

Devonish retained his 100 m title at the British Championships the following year. For the 2007 season Devonish improved his performance in the 100 m with a new personal best and competed in this event at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka rather than the 200 m which he had previously specialised in. Devonish finished 6th in the 100 m final.