Gary Oakes
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1958 (age 67) Kentish Town, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Haringey AC | ||||||||||||||
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Gary James Oakes (born 21 September 1958) is a male British retired athlete who mainly competed in the men's 400 metre hurdles. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Oakes was a member of the Haringey Athletic Club. He finished third behind Alan Pascoe in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 1978 AAA Championships.[2] Shortly afterwards he represented England in the 400 metres hurdles event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[3]
Oakes finished third again at the 1979 AAA Championships but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British 400 metres hurdles champion.[4] At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, he represented Great Britain, where he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre hurdles.[1]
Oakes won the AAA title outright at the 1981 AAA Championships[5] and the following year represented England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia[6] A third Commonwealth Games appearance followed when he represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to fellow two-time Olympic bronze medallist Heather Hunte.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 9 August 1981. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Gary Oakes at World Athletics
- Gary Oakes at Olympics.com
- Gary Oakes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Kentish Town
- Athletes from the London Borough of Camden
- English men hurdlers
- British men hurdlers
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games athletes for England
- Olympic men hurdlers