Andrew Lloyd is best known for coming from behind in the last lap to take the 5000m gold medal in the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games

1990 Commonwealth Games

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Lloyd was born in Colchester, Essex, England

Colchester

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. He represented Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

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 and 1985

1985 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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 and 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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. He won many prestigious Australian road races in the 1980s and 1990s including the 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1993 City to Surf

City to Surf

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s, the 1979, 1980 and 1981 Melbourne Marathon

Melbourne Marathon

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s (2:26:44, 2:17:37 and 2:19:03 respectively) and the 1980 Gold Coast Marathon

Gold Coast Marathon

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 (2:23:02).

He also won in cross country races such as the Chiba International Cross Country

Chiba International Cross Country

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in 1988.