Marcus Adam
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| European Championships | ||
| Silver | 1990 Split | 4 x 100 m relay |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 1990 Auckland | 200 m |
| Gold | 1990 Auckland | 4 x 100 m relay |
Marcus Adam (born 28 February 1968) is a retired English sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. His personal best time was 20.41 seconds, and his best achievement was the 200 metres gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, as well as gold and silver medals in 4 x 100 metres relay which he won at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1990 European Championships respectively. He also holds the British record in the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres relay. As an athlete he competed at the Olympic Games once, in 1992, but he later shifted to the sport of bobsleigh, competing in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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[edit] Early career
He was born in London.[1] At the 1987 European Junior Championships he won gold medals in both the 200 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2] In the same year he won his first medal at the UK Championships, with a bronze medal in the 100 metres behind Linford Christie and Jamie Henderson.[3]
In 1989, Adam started by winning the silver medal at the Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) Indoor Championships.[4] He then won both the 100 and 200 metres at the UK Championships,[3] and at the AAA Championships in the same year, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres.[5] Also, in June 1989 he helped establish a British record of 1:21.29 minutes in the 4 x 200 metres relay. This record still stands. In February 1990 he helped establish a new British indoor record in the same event. The time, 1:22.99 minutes, was beaten in March 1991.[6] Also in the 1989–90 indoor season, Adam won the 200 metres race at the AAA Indoor Championships.[4]
[edit] International career
His international breakthrough came in the 1990 outdoor season. One of the season highlights was the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In the 100 metres event, Adam finished fourth. With a wind-aided 10.14 seconds he was only 0.02 seconds behind bronze medallist Bruny Surin. He then won the 200 metres event, in a wind-aided 20.10 seconds. Finishing second and third were fellow English athletes John Regis and Ade Mafe. Finally, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, together with Clarence Callender, John Regis and Linford Christie.[7] He would never run faster than his two wind-aided times at the Commonwealth Games.[8]
Then, Adam participated in the 1990 European Championships. He narrowly missed a place in the final in the 200 metres event,[citation needed] but in the 4 x 100 metres relay event he won a silver medal together with Darren Braithwaite, John Regis and Linford Christie.[9] The time of 37.98 seconds was a British record, which would stand until 1993.[6] Adam achieved a personal best time in the 100 metres in July 1991, clocking in 10.23 seconds at a meet in Birmingham.[8]
In the 1991–92 indoor season, Adam competed at the 1992 European Indoor Championships, but failed to reach the final round.[10] In June 1992 he achieved his lifetime best time in the 200 metres, with 20.41 seconds at a meet in Dijon.[8] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, then, Adam finished eighth in the 200 metres final,[1] and fourth in the 4 x 100 m relay. In the 100 metres event he reached the quarter-final.[11] Domestically, Adam won the bronze medal in 100 metres at the AAA Championships,[5] whereas he at the UK Championships won the bronze medal in 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres.[3]
[edit] Later career
Adam was then absent from the spotlight for several years. He did make a brief return in the winter of 1999, when he competed at the the World Indoor Championships[1] and won the 200 metres event at the AAA Indoor Championships.[4]
Adam later took up bobsleigh as a new sport. He finished tenth in the two-man event at the 2002 Winter Olympics,[11] together with Lee Johnston.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c IAAF profile for Marcus Adam. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "British Medallists in European Junior Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/ej.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b c "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b c "AAA Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaai.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b "AAA Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b "UK All-Time Lists: Men – Decathlon and Relays". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mg99.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "1998 Commonwealth Games, men's results". Sporting Heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1990_m.asp. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b c "UK All-Time Lists: Men – Track (60–600)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/ma99.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "British Medallists in European Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/ec.htm. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "1992 European Indoor Championships, men's 200 metres semi-final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1992/m92_05.html. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Marcus Adam". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/marcus-adam-1.html. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "Great Britain Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/2002/BOB/. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
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