Richard Davenport (sprinter)

Richard Davenport

Personal information
Born	(1985-09-12) 12 September 1985
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m, 400 m hurdles
Club	Gloucester AC
Coached by	David Farrow (-2005) Nick Dakin (2007–2012)

Richard Davenport (born 12 September 1985) is an English former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 46.75 seconds outdoors (Birmingham 2012) and 47.30 seconds indoors (Birmingham 2005).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain
2001	European Youth Olympic Festival	Murcia, Spain	2nd	400 m	48.59
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.21
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	8th (h)	400 m	47.37
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.36
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	7th	400 m hurdles	51.59
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.02
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.53
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	22nd (h)	400 m	47.45
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.83
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	5th	400 m hurdles	49.98
			8th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.38

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 46.75 (Birmingham 2012)
• 800 metres – 1:50.17 (Street 2005)
• 400 metres hurdles – 49.76 (Birmingham 2011)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 47.30 (Birmingham 2005)
• 800 metres – 1:51.45 (Cardiff 2005)