Finlay Menzies
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| Full name | Finlay Jonathan Menzies | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 2005[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||
| T72 | |||||||||||||||
Events | 100 metres, 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Finlay Jonathan Menzies (born 12 July 2005) is a Scottish frame runner who competes in T72 sprint events.
Career
[edit]Menzies competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a bronze medal in the 100 metres T72 event with a personal best time of 16.29 seconds.[2][3]
In November 2025 he was added to the UK's World Class Performance Programme.[4]
In the first ever British championship for framerunning, Finlay took gold and the British Championship title in a closely contested final in a time of 16.57s.[5] Just a week later, in the Welsh Senior Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Cardiff International Stadium, Menzies set a new British Record of 16.02 [6]
The British Record for the 100m T72 category was taken below 16 seconds for the first time on 9 July 2026, when Menzies clocked 15.87s in the T72 100m final at the World International Frame Running Cup 2026, Bagsværd, Denmark.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Menzies was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "WPA - New Delhi 2025 Results Book" (PDF). paralympic.org. p. 71. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- ↑ "Menzies takes frame running bronze for GB in Delhi". BBC.com. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ "Scots frame runner hopes bronze medal can catapult profile of sport". The Herald. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ "2025/26 Paralympic World Class Programme Athletes Announced". British Athletics.
- ↑ "An exciting second day of the British Champs!". RunBlogRun. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Welsh Senior Outdoor Track & Field Championships - Day One Round-Up". Welsh Athetics. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "World International Frame Running Cup 2026 100m Male T72 Final". Framerunning.org. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ Sneddon, Pamela (1 December 2023). "Scottish Disability Sport Week: Finlay Menzies". triathlonscotland.org. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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