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
EventMarathon

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]

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.

Dent currently holds the record for the fastest time on Fiordland's Kepler_Challenge.[3]

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.
  3. ↑ "Kepler Challenge Records". keplerchallenge.co.nz. Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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