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Graham Hedman (born 6 February 1979 in Witham, Essex) is a British sprinter. At the
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in
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, he won the silver medal in the
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along with
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, Rhys Williams and
Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin (born 2 May 1982) is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm. He then moved to live in Slo ...
, in a time of 3:01.63. In 2010 he was part of the relay squad who won silver at the
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in Barcelona, and bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.


Personal bests

*100 m – 10.64 sec (2004) (10.45w 2004) *200 m – 21.02 (2004) (21.01w 2010) *400 m – 45.84 (2006)


References

1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Essex People from Witham English male sprinters British male sprinters Black British sportsmen Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain European Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub