Andrew Hart (runner)

{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Andy Hart | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Warwick, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Middle-distance | height = 180 cm | weight = 68 kg | club = Coventry Godiva Harriers }}

'''Andrew Hart''' (born 13 September 1969) is an English male former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86923 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Hart ran at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andy-hart-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andy-hart-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Andy Hart Olympic Results |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> and his personal best time was 1:45.71 minutes, achieved when he placed fifth representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, his most prestigious championship achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38187|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented Great Britain in the 800 metres event.<ref name=oly/>

At national level, he was the winner of the 800 m at the 1997 British Athletics Championships.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm UK Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-13.</ref>

He is currently a physical education teacher at The Crypt School, Gloucester. The career has gone uphill.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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