Dale Garland

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use British English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Dale Garland | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|08|13}} | birth_place = Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, UK | death_date = | death_place = | height = 185 cm | weight = 79 kg | sport = Athletics | event = Decathlon<br>400 m hurdles | club = Birchfield Harriers | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Birmingham | 4 × 400 m relay }} {{Medal|Silver|2005 Madrid|4 × 400 m relay }} {{Medal|Country|{{GGY}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Island Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Isle of Wight|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2011 Isle of Wight|400 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Silver|2011 Isle of Wight|Long jump}} {{Medal|Silver|2011 Isle of Wight|4 × 100 m relay}} }}

'''Dale Mark Paul Garland''' (born 13 October 1980)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://elizabethcollege-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Person.aspx?RecID=9032&TableName=ta_oldelizabethans | title=Garland, Dale Mark Paul | publisher=Elizabeth College | location=Guernsey | accessdate=19 August 2018 | archive-date=1 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701164946/http://elizabethcollege-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Person.aspx?RecID=9032&TableName=ta_oldelizabethans | url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Guernsey born British athlete who was selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/923891 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Garland was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey. He was a member of the Birchfield Harriers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/preparation/healthybody/pages/dale_garland.shtml |title=Dale Garland |website=BBC Wales |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

Garland finished second to Paul Tohill in the decathlon event at the 2003 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

He competed in the 400 m hurdles at the 2007 World Athletics Championships and attended the 2008 Summer Olympics as part of the 4 × 400 m relay squad, but did not run in the competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guernsey Sporting Heroes - Dale Garland |url=http://www.guernseysports.com/Guernsey_sporting_heroes_detail.asp?PageID=622 |work=Guernsey Sports Commission |accessdate=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132705/http://www.guernseysports.com/Guernsey_sporting_heroes_detail.asp?PageID=622 |archivedate=11 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Competitive record == === Commonwealth Games === * 2002 – 9th (Decathlon) * 2006 - 5th (Decathlon) * 2010 - Heats (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m)

=== AAA Championships === * 2004 Silver (400 m hurdles) * 2005 Silver (400 m hurdles) * 2006 4th (400 m hurdles) * 2007 Gold (400 m hurdles) * 2009 Bronze (400 m hurdles)

===European Indoor Championships=== * 2005 Silver (4 × 400 m relay) * 2005 6th (400 m) * 2007 Gold (4 × 400 m relay)

=== Island Games === * 2011 Silver (400 m hurdles)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|dale-garland}} * {{Team GB|dale-garland|archive=20130731000639}} * {{CGF profile}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|431957}}

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