Andy Turner (hurdler)
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Full name | Andrew Steven Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nottingham, England[1] | 19 September 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb; 172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sale Harriers[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 100m:=10.32s 110m hurdles=13.22 s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Steven Turner (born 19 September 1980) is an English bodybuilder and retired
Early life
Turner was born in Hucknall, Nottingham, England and educated at Nottingham High School.
Career
Andy Turner competed at the
Andy Turner represented
At the beginning of the 2009 athletics season, he finished fourth in the
The following year he competed at the
Turner completed a successful 2010 season by winning the Commonwealth Games 110 m hurdles title in New Delhi in 13.38.
At the 2011
He then went on to win a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics after Dayron Robles was disqualified for putting Liu Xiang of China off balance. A year later on English soil at the 2012 Olympics, Turner was one of the hurdlers to help Liu off the track after his injury and dramatic exit.
Turner's defence of his Commonwealth title at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow was halted when he crashed out of his first round heat. At the 2014 European Athletics Championships Turner announced that he would retire from athletics at the end of the year.[9]
After retiring from athletics, Turner initially took up a career as a personal trainer, before deciding to follow in the footsteps of his brother, Garry, a
Personal bests
Event | Best | Location | Date |
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60 metres | 6.79 s | Piraeus, Greece | 25 February 2009 |
100 metres | 10.32s | Manchester, England | 17 May 2009 |
200 metres (indoor) | 20.91 s | Sheffield, England | 12 February 2011 |
50 metres hurdles | 6.65 s | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 February 2008 |
60 metres hurdles | 7.55 s | Sheffield, England | 11 February 2007 |
110 metres hurdles | 13.22 s | Lausanne, Switzerland | 30 June 2011 |
200 metres hurdles | 22.10 s | Manchester, England | 15 May 2011 |
- All information taken from
Television appearance
Turner appeared as the "This Is My..." guest in a 2013 episode of the British game show Would I Lie to You?, where he revealed that he was beaten in a speed-eating competition by track and field athlete Greg Rutherford.[13]
References
- ^ "Super Turner outclasses former world champion – Sport". Hucknall Dispatch. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Andy Turner". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Athletics: Sale's Andy Turner though to 110m hurdles semis". Manchester Evening News. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Turner appeals lottery cash decision Archived 3 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Thisisnottingham (7 November 2008). Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
- ^ Hart, Simon (1 June 2009). Christine Ohuruogu sets 200m personal best. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 1 June 2009.
- ^ Turner aims to overcome setback . BBC Sport (23 June 2009). Retrieved on 24 June 2009.
- ^ GB finish second at European Team Championships. BBC Sport (20 June 2010). Retrieved on 23 June 2010.
- ^ "Daegu 2011 Statistics Book – Part 1 (of 5)" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- bbc.co.uk. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 12 May 2009.
- ^ Turner Andrew biography. UK Athletics. Retrieved on 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Would I Lie to You? Episode #7.7". IMDb. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
External links
- Andy Turner at World Athletics
- Andy Turner at Power of 10
- 2010 Article from European Athletics
- Andy Turner at Team GB
- Andy Turner at Olympedia
- Andy Turner at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)