Marlon Devonish

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marlon Devonish
Occupation	Sprinter
Date Of Birth	Jun 1, 1976(1976-06-01)
Age	48
Birthplace	Coventry
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Marlon Devonish Biography

Marlon Devonish is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on June 1, 1976 in Coventry, England, United Kingdom. Marlon Ronald Devonish MBE (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who has competed in the 100m and 200 meters. A formidable relay runner, with particular strength as a bend or ‘bend’ runner, Devonish took part in the third leg of the Great Britain quartet which won the 4 x 100 meters in the 2004 Olympic Games, and earned the four World Championship medals in the same race in 1999 2005, 2007, 2007 and 2009.

Devonish was a representative of Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was part of the 4×100 meters relay with Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar and Craig Pickering. In their qualifying heat they were disqualified and then eliminated. The athlete also competed in the 200m individual event, and was first in the race with an average that was 20.49 seconds, which was his initial round heat. In the second round, he ran 20.43 seconds in the second race, he finished at fourth place in his heat however, his time was one of the top four times of losing enough to get into the semi-finals. He finished with 20.57 seconds, which was the 7th fastest time in the race, which did not suffice to make it to the final.

He competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games, finishing second in the 150 metres final in 15.07 seconds. He was beaten by Usain Bolt who ran a world best-beating time.

On 16 July 2013, Devonish was bought in as sprint coach for Gloucester Rugby at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester.

Devonish kept his 100m title during the British Championships the following year. In 2007, Devonish increased his time in the 100-meter race with an improved personal record and participated in the competition at the World Championships in Osaka rather than the 200 m event was previously his specialization. Devonish was sixth in the 100 meters final.

Marlon Devonish Net Worth

Marlon Devonish is one of the richest Sprinter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marlon Devonish 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The most significant accomplishment of his career was during his participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. There, Devonish as well as Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell and Mark Lewis-Francis won gold in the 4 100 m. relay. In the race, the trio defeated the favourites in the race, United States team, by only 0.01 seconds. This was in an all-time best of 38.07.

In the British Championships (and team trials for the 2006 European Championships) in July 2006, Devonish became the first man since Linford Christie in 1988 to take home both the 100m as well as the 200m race in the championships. In the championship finals Devonish took home the silver medal at the 200 m race.

On 22 August 2009, Devonish was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland men’s 4x100m relay team that took bronze at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin with a season’s best of 38.02. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Simeon Williamson and Tyrone Edgar ran the other legs.

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Marlon Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Marlon Devonish celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.