Darren Westlake

Darren Westlake
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing United Kingdom
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 1500 metres - T12

Darren Westlake is a paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T12 1500 metre events. Darren has twice competed in the 1500m at the Paralympic games first in 2000 where he won a silver medal and then in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he did not win a medal. [1]

He has a dog called Drako.

Athletics career

He represented South Devon Athletic Club at a club level, as well as South West Road Runners.[2][3]

In 2000, he was selected in the British team for the Paralympics, competing in the T12 1500 metres and winning a silver medal.[4] He won the first heat, before finishing second behind the winner of the second heat in the final.[5][6]

In 2001, he was selected for the International Blind Sports European Athletics Championships over the 1500 metres.[7]

In 2003, he was selected for and competed in the International Blind Sports Association Games in Quebec, where he competed in the men's B2 1500 metres. He ran comfortably in the heats, qualifying for the final.[8] In the final, he finished in third with 4:00.95 for bronze.[9]

In 2004, he was selected again in the British team for the Paralympics, and competed in the T13 1500 metres.[10][11][12] He came third in his heat, before finishing eleventh in the final.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  2. ↑ "SDAC Club History". www.sdac.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Athletics: Scottish U17 title for Jack Moncur". Exeter Express and Echo. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  4. ↑ "British Paralympic Team". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  5. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Database". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  6. ↑ "Paralympic athlete in competition at Exeter Arena". Exeter Express and Echo. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Britain's ambition for blind champs". BBC. 2001-08-06. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  8. ↑ "Barrett claims fourth gold". BBC. 2003-08-11. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Second gold for Hinton". BBC. 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  10. ↑ "GB unveil athletics squad". BBC. 2004-05-20. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  11. ↑ "GB Paralympic squad". BBC. 2004-07-26. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Great Britain Paralympics team". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  13. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Database". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  14. ↑ "Team GB collect six golds". BBC. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Miller collects club gold". BBC. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
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