Simon Fairbrother
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
IAAF World Cup | ||
1992 Havana | 1500 m |
Simon Fairbrother (born 28 March 1968) is a British former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. His personal best for the event was 3:38.64 minutes, set in 1992, and he also set a mile run best of 3:56.83 minutes.[1]
He was a one-time champion at the UK Athletics Championships, winning in 1991, and was a close runner-up to Curtis Robb in 1993.[2] In his sole major international performance he won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 1992 IAAF World Cup held in Havana, unexpectedly holding out against Europe's runner Fermín Cacho, who had won Olympic gold the previous month.[3] At county level, he represented Middlesex as part of Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club in the early and mid 1990s.[4]
References
External links
- Simon Fairbrother at World Athletics
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- 1977: Steve Ovett
- 1978: John Robson
- 1979: Alan Mottershead
- 1980: Dave Moorcroft
- 1981: Steve Ovett
- 1982: Alan Mottershead
- 1983: John Gladwin
- 1984: Alan Salter
- 1985: Mark Rowland
- 1986: Rob Harrison
- 1987: Neil Horsfield
- 1988: Richard McDonnell
- 1989: Steve Crabb
- 1990: Neil Horsfield
- 1991: Simon Fairbrother
- 1992: Steve Crabb
- 1993: Curtis Robb
- 1997: John Mayock