Martin Dent

Martin Dent (8 February 1979 in Woking, UK) is an English-born Australian Olympian marathon runner, who ran at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He made his season best time of 2 hours, 16 minutes and 29 seconds in the marathon in 28th place.[2]

Not to be confused with Martin Dent (academic).

Martin Dent
Martin Dent in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Born (1979-02-08) 8 February 1979
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon

Dent attended Berkeley Vale Community High School on the Central Coast of New South Wales. This is the same school that produced Australia Rugby Union Wallaby star Adam Ashley-Cooper, Scottish and British Lions player Nathan Hines and NRL player and Wests Tigers Assistant Coach Paul Stringer.

References
  1. "Martin Dent at Athletics Australia". athletics.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. "London 2012 marathon men - Olympic Athletics". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.


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