Robert Denmark

Robert ("Rob") Neil Denmark (born 23 November 1968 in Billericay) is a former British 5000 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and a silver medal at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. Previously, he had come seventh at the 1992 Summer Olympics and set a personal best of 13:10.24 min at the Golden Gala meeting in Rome 1992. He won a bronze medal in 3000 metres at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

He attended Furtherwick Park School, on Canvey Island, and represented Basildon Athletic Club. He is still involved with athletics as a coach.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Great Britain and England
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	3000 m	7:43.90
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th	5000 m	13:36.24
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	7th	5000 m	13:27.76
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	5000 m	13:27.09
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	5000 m	13:37.50
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	5000 m	13:23.00
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	24th (heats)	5000 m	13:37.14
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	26th (heats)	5000 m	13:58.08

References

• Robert Denmark at World Athletics
• British Olympic Committee
• Profile at sports-reference.com
• Profile at The Power of Ten
• Profile at sporting-heroes.net