Andrew James Baddeley (born 20 June 1982) is an English middle-distance runner.

Career

He finished sixth in the

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final at the

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. He also competed at the

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, and has a silver medal from the

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. 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

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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. Baddeley is a member of Harrow Athletics Club and competes in the British Athletics League matches when available for domestic duty. 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. 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

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and

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among others to win the race. 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

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). He failed to reach the podium in a tactical 1500 m final and he finished in sixth place behind the Spanish team in

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. He represented Europe at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished in fifth place, one spot behind European champion Arturo Casado. He returned to defend his Fifth Avenue Mile title but managed only third place on the occasion, finishing behind Amine Laâlou and Bernard Lagat. On 11 August 2012, Baddeley became the holder of the UK

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record by completing the 5 km multi-terrain course at the Bushy Park event in 13:48, a record that stood for almost 11 years. It was surpassed by Andy Butchart at the Edinburgh parkrun on 24 June 2023. 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.

Personal life

Baddeley attended Calday Grange Grammar School, and then graduated from

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with a first in Engineering.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.Andy Baddeley profile

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. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baddeley, Andrew 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Wirral English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain British Athletics Championships winners AAA Championships winners Parkrun Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge People educated at Calday Grange Grammar School 21st-century English sportsmen