Kevin Forster
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Kevin John Forster (born 27 September 1958) is a male retired long-distance runner from England. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Forster represented Great Britain and finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988.[2]
Forster won the Enschede Marathon, the Toronto Marathon and the Stockholm Marathon during his career. He was also a member of the England Cross Country teams competing in the World Cross Country Championships through the 1980s, winning silver team medals in 1982 (Rome) and 1987 (Warsaw). Forster won an individual silver medal in the 1987 European Club championships (Clusone, Milan).[3]
He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5][6]
Forster won two silver medals from the London Marathon (1984, 2:11:41 and 1988, 2:10:52) and as the highest placed British athlete in 1988 was considered the British marathon champion. [7][8]
Competition record
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| 1983 | The Morpeth | Morpeth, England | 1st | 22.7 km | 1:08:24 |
| 1983 | Enschede Marathon | Enschede, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:14:19[9] |
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 8th | Marathon | 2:16:36 |
| 1987 | Reading Half Marathon | Reading, England | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:02:07[10] |
| Stockholm Marathon | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:52[11] | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 33rd | Marathon | 2:20:45[2] |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kevin Forster Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Kevin Forster. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Enschede Marathon. arrs.run
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stan Eldon. "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ The history of Stockholm Marathon Script error: No such module "webarchive".. stockholmmarathon.se
External links
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