Sean Michael Baldock (born 3 December 1976) is a male British former sprinter who competed in the

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and in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Biography

He was born in

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. He only became a serious athlete in 1996 having joined Hastings Athletic Club as an under-11 athlete in 1987. Prior to that he had played football, eventually playing for Hastings Town. When he reached 18, because he was always getting injured, he was forced to make a choice between football and athletics, world class athlete. He represented

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and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres event, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

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, Malaysia. The other team members consisted of Solomon Wariso, Mark Richardson,

Jared Deacon Jared Mark Deacon (born 15 October 1975) is a male British former sprint athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He was born in South Shields and competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Athletics career He was a regular feature in the interna ...

, Paul Slythe and Mark Hylton. Four years later at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

in Manchester he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4 x 400 metres relay that consisted of Chris Rawlinson,

Cori Henry Cori Henry (born 9 December 1976) is a British sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, along with Jamie Baulch, Timothy Benjamin, ...

Daniel Caines Daniel Stephen Caines (born 15 May 1979) is an English former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Early life Caines was born in Solihull. He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlan ...

, Hylton and Deacon. Baldock made the podium of the

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on three occasions in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Upon retirement, he became a sports teacher at Claremont School, East Sussex, a lecturer on sports injury at Sussex Coast College and a retained firefighter. More recently, he was a sports coach at Buckswood School East Sussex.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldock, Sean 1976 births Living people English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Hastings European Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics