{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gary Staines | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = Welwyn Garden City, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | height = 186 cm | weight = 63 kg | club = Belgrave Harriers | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1990 Split|5000 m}} }} '''Gary Martin Staines''' (born 3 July 1963) is a male British former long-distance runner who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/gary-staines-1.html |accessdate=7 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511184857/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/gary-staines-1.html |archivedate=11 May 2015 }}</ref>
== Biography == At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he represented Great Britain in the 5,000 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68775 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> He was the silver medallist in the 5000 metres at the 1990 European Athletics Championships. He was also a team silver medallist with Tim Hutchings at the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
He represented England in the 10,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/35826|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Staines was on the podium five times in the 5,000 metres at the AAA Championships from 1987 to 1993.<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=21 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 June 2025}}</ref>
Staines was successful on the British road racing circuit and was a winner at the Reading Half Marathon (1996), won three-times at the Great South Run (1993, 1994 and 1996), and was twice champion at the Great Edinburgh Run (1993 and 1995). In cross country, he won the 1989 Trofeo Alasport meeting
== Personal life == He was formerly married to Australian long jumper Nicole Boegman. He is currently married to British sprinter Linda Keough.
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{World Athletics}}
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