Mark Adrian Blenkarne (born 7 October 1957) is a male retired archer who competed for Great Britain and England.
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| Full name | Mark Adrian Blenkarne | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1957 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editHis father Tony worked for the British Insurance Association.[1] He lived on Elmlea Avenue in Henbury.[2]
He studied Law at Lanchester Polytechnic.[3]
Archery career
editHe competed with Dennis Savory from Cambridgeshire.[4] Two of the four archers at Moscow, himself and Christine Harris, were at Cleve Archers at Cleve RFC.
Blenkarne represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[5] He represented England and won a gold medal in the men's individual event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[6][7]
References
edit- ↑ Bristol Evening Post Thursday 7 February 1974
- ↑ Western Daily Press Wednesday 11 December 1974, page 4
- ↑ Bristol Evening Post Thursday 20 December 1979
- ↑ Newcastle Journal Friday 1 August 1980, page 14
- ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
External links
edit- Mark Blenkarne at Team GB
- Mark Blenkarne at Olympics.com
- Mark Blenkarne at Olympedia
- Mark Blenkarne at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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