Mark Blenkarne

Mark Blenkarne
Personal information
Full nameMark Adrian Blenkarne
Born (1957-10-07) 7 October 1957
London, England
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Medal record
Gymnastics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1982 Brisbaneindividual

Mark Adrian Blenkarne (born 7 October 1957) is a male retired archer who competed for Great Britain and England.

Early life

His father Tony worked for the British Insurance Association.[1] He lived on Elmlea Avenue in Henbury.[2]

He studied Law at Lanchester Polytechnic.[3]

Archery career

He competed with Dennis Savory from Cambridgeshire.[4] Two of the four archers at Moscow, himself and Christine Harris, were at Cleve Archers at Cleve RFC.

Blenkarne represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[5] He represented England and won a gold medal in the men's individual event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Bristol Evening Post Thursday 7 February 1974
  2. ↑ Western Daily Press Wednesday 11 December 1974, page 4
  3. ↑ Bristol Evening Post Thursday 20 December 1979
  4. ↑ Newcastle Journal Friday 1 August 1980, page 14
  5. ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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