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ChrisThompson

WalesWales
    Birthday
    April 17, 1981
    Age
    45
    Gender
    Male
    Residence
    London, Wales

    Chris Thompson is one of Great Britain’s best-known long-distance runners, having won silver at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and run at his home Olympics in London in 2012.

    He also boasts the third-fastest 10K time of any British runner in history (27:27.36).

    In 2010, Thompson was part of a British one-two in the 10,000 meters at the European Championships, taking silver behind Mo Farah. He ran his first half marathon in 2012, placing seventh at the NYC Half in 1:01:23 before finishing 25th in the 5000 meters at the London 2012 Olympics after an injury-interrupted season.

    Since then, he’s finished 11th at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon, 16th at the event in 2016, and 30th in 2017. Earlier this year, he took a surprising third place at the United Airlines NYC Half behind Ben True and Dathan Ritzenhein.