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Andy Baddeley

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Andy Baddeley
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born20 June 1982
Upton, England
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventmiddle-distance
ClubHarrow AC
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 1500 m

Andrew James Baddeley (born 20 June 1982)[1] is an English former middle-distance runner who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Baddeley attended Calday Grange Grammar School, and then graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with a first in Engineering.[2]

He finished sixth in the 1500 metres final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne[3] and has a silver medal from the 2005 Summer Universiade.

He finished second in the 1500 metres final at the European Cup in Athletics 2007 in Munich, with a time of 3:48.08 minutes.

At the Bislett Games on 15 June 2007, Baddeley ran 3:51.95 for the mile which took almost 5 seconds off his personal best and moved him to 12th spot on the UK all time ranking list. He won the Dream Mile at the 2008 Bislett Games in a world leading time of 3:49.38, taking another 2 seconds off his lifetime best.[4]

Baddeley is a member of Harrow Athletics Club and competed in the British Athletics League matches when available for domestic duty.[5] He won the short race at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country in both 2008 and 2009.

He took part in the Beijing 2008 Olympics qualifying for the 1500m finals in which he finished in 8th place.[6]

He ran the 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships but only managed to reach the semi-finals. A month after the Championships, he competed in the Fifth Avenue Mile and beat Bernard Lagat and Leonel Manzano among others to win the race.[7] Also in 2009 he ran in the team which set a British record time of 14:54.57 in the 4×1500 metres relay.

Going into the 2010 European Athletics Championships, he had the European leading time of 3:34.50 (via a fifth-place finish at the British Grand Prix).[8] He failed to reach the podium in a tactical 1500 m final and he finished in sixth place behind the Spanish team in Barcelona.[9] He represented Europe at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished in fifth place, one spot behind European champion Arturo Casado.[10] He returned to defend his Fifth Avenue Mile title but managed only third place on the occasion, finishing behind Amine Laâlou and Bernard Lagat.[11]

On 11 August 2012, Baddeley became the holder of the UK parkrun record by completing the 5 km multi-terrain course at the Bushy Park event in 13:48,[12] a record that stood for almost 11 years. It was surpassed by Andy Butchart at the Edinburgh parkrun on 24 June 2023.[13]

Baddeley was a four-times British 1500 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 2006 and the British Athletics Championships in 2007, 2010 and 2012.[14][15]

In 2019, Baddeley founded media company The Running Channel with media executive Adam Tranter. The company raised £1 million in private investment to fund its international expansion. According to Baddeley, who is chief executive, the publisher reaches viewers in 120 countries, with a third of its audience located in the US.[16]

Personal bests

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Track Event Time Date Place
Outdoor 800 m 1.46.32 30 June 2007 Watford
1000 m 2:16.99 7 August 2007 Stockholm
1500 m 3:34.36+ 6 June 2008 Oslo
One mile 3:49.38 6 June 2008 Oslo
3000 m 7:39.86 25 May 2012 Ostrava
5000 m 13:20.99 5 March 2009 Melbourne
Marathon 2:53:49 3 December 2023 Valencia
parkrun (5 km) 13:48.00 11 August 2012 Bushy Park, London
Indoor
800 m 1:48.67 11 February 2006 Sheffield
1500 m 3:37.50 28 January 2006 Glasgow
One mile 3:53.23 21 January 2006 New York City
3000 m 7:45.10 26 January 2006 Boston
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Team GB Athletic Athletes
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile".
  3. ^ "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ Mackay, Duncan (8 June 2008). "Baddeley and Lancashire turn back the clock". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  5. ^ Harrow Athletics Club
  6. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  7. ^ New York Road Runners (27 September 2009). Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  8. ^ Aviva British Grand Prix – Men's 1500m. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  9. ^ For Casado, the long wait is over Archived 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (30 July 2010). Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  10. ^ Arcoleo, Laura (4 September 2010). EVENT Report – Men's 1500 Metres. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  11. ^ Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile. IAAF/NYRR (27 September 2010). Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  12. ^ "Bushy parkrun: 11/08/2012 | #422". parkrun Limited. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Edinburgh parkrun: 24/06/2023 | #632". parkrun Limited. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  14. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  15. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  16. ^ "YouTube publisher The Running Channel boosted by UK£1m in fresh capital". SportsProMedia Limited. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  17. ^ Andy Baddeley profile. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
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