Carl Thackery

Carl Edward Thackery (born 14 October 1962 in Sheffield, England) is a retired British long-distance runner, who competed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Carl Thackery
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1962-10-14) 14 October 1962
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Sport
SportAthletics

Athletics career

He ran twice for Great Britain in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, finishing 16th and winning team silver in 1992 and winning individual and team bronzes in 1993.[1] He also finished 14th in the 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, won team silver at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race (where he finished 20th),[2] and won team silver at the IAAF World Road Relay Championships in 1986, helping to set a UK record for the road marathon relay in the process.[3][4] He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6][7]

At a domestic level, he was the English AAA 10,000 metres champion in 1991[8] and the English Inter-Counties Cross Country champion in 1987.[9]

Thackery won a number of prestigious international road races, including the City-Pier-City Half Marathon in The Hague,[10] the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon (twice),[11] the 15 km Seven Hills Race (Zevenheuvelenloop) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands,[12] the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run in Washington DC,[13] the Trevira Twosome 10 miles in New York Central Park,[14] the Jean Bouin Memorial in Barcelona (twice),[15] and La Matesina 10 km in Bojano/Italy.[16] In the UK, he won the Nike Blaydon Race in 1998[17] and ran world-class sub-46.40 min times when winning the Brampton-Carlisle and Erewash 10 miles in 1991 and 1992 respectively.[18] Thackery also won two Grand Prix track races in 1987 – the 10,000 metres at the Paris BNP meeting[19] and the one-hour event at the Herculis meeting in Monaco.[20] His half-marathon personal best of 61 min 04 sec ranked him first in the world in 1987.[21] Thackery set the British and Commonwealth records for 20,000 metres and one hour on the track at La Flèche in France in 1990.[22][23]

Personal Bests
  • 10,000 metres 27.59.24 Paris 1987,
  • 10 km 28.14 Hiroshima 1986,
  • 10 miles 46.26 Washington DC 1991,
  • 20,000 metres 57.28.7 La Flèche 1990,[24]
  • 20 km 59.01 Perros-Guirec/France 1996,[25]
  • One hour 20.855 km La Flèche 1990,[26]
  • Half marathon 61.04 Barnsley 1987,
  • Marathon 2.12.37 Carpi/Italy 1992[27]

References
  1. GB Athletics. "British Medallists in International Athletics Championships". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. "IAAF Athlete's Profile". Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. GB Athletics. "UK All-Time Lists – Relays".
  4. "1986 IAAF World Challenge Relay results". Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  6. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. GB Athletics. "AAA Championships (Men)". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  9. GB Athletics. "Inter-Counties Championships".
  10. "City-Pier-City half marathon winners". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  11. "Rome-Ostia half marathon winners". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  12. "Seven Hills 15km race winners". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  13. "Cherry Blossom 10 miles winners". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  14. "New York Times article". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  15. "Jean Bouin Memorial race winners". Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  16. "La Matesina winners". Retrieved 26 January 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. "Blaydon race winners". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  18. Association of Road Running Statisticians. "All-time Rankings 10 miles". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  19. GB Athletics. "All-Time Lists – Distance running". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  20. "All-time one hour track race rankings". Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  21. Association of Road Running Statisticians. "Yearly Ranking Leaders". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  22. British Athletics. "Records". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  23. "Commonwealth athletics records". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  24. "IAAF All-time List 20,000 metres track". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  25. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "Records by Month". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  26. "IAAF All-time list 1 hour track". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  27. GB Athletics. "UK All-Time Lists – Distance running". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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