British sprinter (born 1991)
For the American football and baseball player, see
Danny Talbott .
Danny Talbot (born 1 May 1991)[ 2] is a retired British sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and the 200 metres .
Career
Talbot won the 200m bronze medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. For Team GB in the 4 × 100 m at the London 2012 Olympics , he ran the third leg in the heats but failed to exchange the baton with anchor Adam Gemili . He ran again for Britain in the 4 x 100 at the 2014 World Relay Championships, forming part of a quartet which ran 37.93 in the heats and went on to win bronze.
At the IAAF World Championships held in London in 2017, Talbot qualified for the 200 metres semifinal with a personal best of 20.16 in his heat on 7 August. Five days later he ran the third leg for the 4 x 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal in a time of 37.47, a British and European record.[ 3]
Talbot retired from athletics competitions in December 2021.[ 4]
Personal life
Talbot's father is British and his mother is half Trinidadian .[ 2] Talbot attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge , Wiltshire.
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Great Britain
2010
World Junior Championships
Moncton, New Brunswick , Canada
14th (sf)
200m
21.19 w (+2.1 m/s)
—
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
2011
European U23 Championships
Ostrava, Czech Republic
4th
200 m
20.71
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
39.10
2012
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
3rd
200 m
20.95
2013
European U23 Championships
Tampere , Finland
2nd
200m
20.46 (-0.3 m/s)
1st
4 × 100 m relay
38.77
2015
World Championships
Beijing, China
13th (h)
200 m
20.27
—
4 × 100 m relay
DNF
2016
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
3rd
200 m
20.56
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11th (sf)
200 m
20.25
2017
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
3rd (h)
4 × 100 m relay
38.32 1
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
9th (sf)
200 m
20.38
1st
4 × 100 m relay
37.47
1 Did not finish in the final
References
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1983 : Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA)
1987 : Lee McRae , Lee Vernon McNeill , Harvey Glance , Carl Lewis (USA)
1991 : Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis (USA)
1993 : Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell , Calvin Smith (USA)
1995 : Donovan Bailey , Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin (CAN)
1997 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN)
1999 : Jon Drummond , Tim Montgomery , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene (USA)
2001 : Morné Nagel , Corné du Plessis , Lee-Roy Newton , Matthew Quinn (RSA)
2003 : John Capel Jr. , Bernard Williams , Darvis Patton , Joshua J. Johnson (USA)
2005 : Ladji Doucouré , Ronald Pognon , Eddy De Lépine , Lueyi Dovy , Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA)
2007 : Darvis Patton , Wallace Spearmon , Tyson Gay , Leroy Dixon , Rodney Martin (USA)
2009 : Steve Mullings , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell , Dwight Thomas , Lerone Clarke (JAM)
2011 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Dexter Lee (JAM)
2013 : Nesta Carter , Kemar Bailey-Cole , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Warren Weir , Oshane Bailey (JAM)
2015 : Nesta Carter , Asafa Powell , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
2017 : CJ Ujah , Adam Gemili , Danny Talbot , Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR)
2019 : Christian Coleman , Justin Gatlin , Mike Rodgers , Noah Lyles , Cravon Gillespie (USA)
2022 : Aaron Brown , Jerome Blake , Brendon Rodney , Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2023 : Christian Coleman , Fred Kerley , Brandon Carnes , Noah Lyles , J.T. Smith (USA)
1997 : Great Britain (Money , Devonish , Henthorn , Golding , Baillie † )
1999 : Great Britain (Malcolm , Henthorn , Stewart , Findlay )
2001 : Poland (Kondratowicz , Chyła , Płacheta , Rogowski )
2003 : Great Britain (Edgar , Lambert , Chin , Grant , Abeyie † )
2005 : France (Kankarafou , M'Barke , De Lépine , Alerte )
2007 : Great Britain (Scott , Pickering , Fifton , Ellington )
2009 : Great Britain (Scott , Sandeman , Pierre , Yearwood )
2011 : Italy (Tumi , Basciani , Manenti , Obou )
2013 : Great Britain (Tobais , Talbot , Walker-Khan , Gemili , Bolarinwa † , Osewa † )
2015 : France (Anouman , Zézé , Romain , Dutamby , Chalus † )
2017 : Germany (Roger Gurski , Köllmann , Trutenat , Hoffmann , Almas † )
2019 : Germany (Kranz , Schulte , Almas , Trutenat )
2021 : Germany (Wolf , Brandner , Skupin-Alfa , Hartmann )
2023 : Italy (Marek , Melluzzo , Ricci , Tardioli , Ulisse † )
† denotes athletes who took part in heats only
1983: Daley Thompson (decathlon)
1983: Steve Cram (1500 m)
1991: Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis & Kriss Akabusi (4 × 400 m relay)
1993: Linford Christie (100 m)
1993: Colin Jackson (110 m hurdles)
1995: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump)
1997: Iwan Thomas , Roger Black , Jamie Baulch & Mark Richardson (4 × 400 m relay)
1999: Colin Jackson (110 m hurdles)
2001: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump)
2004: Phillips Idowu (triple jump)
2011: Mo Farah (5000 m)
2011: Dai Greene (400 m hurdles)
2013: Mo Farah (10,000 m & 5000 m)
2015: Mo Farah (10,000 m & 5000 m)
2015: Greg Rutherford (long jump)
2017: Mo Farah (10,000 m)
2017: CJ Ujah , Adam Gemili , Danny Talbot , & Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (4 × 400 m relay)