Mark Ladbrook
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Mark Daniel Ladbrook is an Australia
n track and field
athlete who specialised in the 200m and the 400m.
Ladbrook represented Australia at the 1996 Olympics in the 400m and the 4x400m. He did not make it past the heats in the 400m, but reached the semi-finals in the relay. He was the National Champion in the 400m at the 1996 National Championships
In 1994, Ladbrook won the prestigious Bay Sheffield footrace held at Glenelg, South Australia and later competed in the annual Stawell Gift
professional race, making the Gift final and winning the 70m. and also coached Lauren Hewitt
in the lead-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete who specialised in the 200m and the 400m.
Ladbrook represented Australia at the 1996 Olympics in the 400m and the 4x400m. He did not make it past the heats in the 400m, but reached the semi-finals in the relay. He was the National Champion in the 400m at the 1996 National Championships
In 1994, Ladbrook won the prestigious Bay Sheffield footrace held at Glenelg, South Australia and later competed in the annual Stawell Gift
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
professional race, making the Gift final and winning the 70m. and also coached Lauren Hewitt
Lauren Hewitt
Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...
in the lead-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
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