{{Short description|English athlete (born 1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mark Holtom | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|02|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blurton, Staffordshire, England<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/mark-holtom-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref> | height = 1.88 m | weight = 84kg | sport = Athletics | event = 110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles | club = Stoke AC | coach = Graham Knight (1985)<ref>[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=39620 Power of 10 profile]</ref> }} '''John Mark Holtom''' (born 6 February 1958) is a male retired athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles who competed for Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>
== Biography == Holtom finished second behind Berwyn Price in the 110 metres hurdles event at both the 1977 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19770724/039/0039 |title=Black Magic! |work=The People |date=24 July 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> and the 1978 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=7 June 2025}}</ref>
He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref> before becoming the British 110 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1979 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
Holtom competed in the event at two consecutive Olympic Games, in 1980 and 1984, as well as representing England and winning a silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref>
He was 1982 AAA champion and participated in the 1983 World Championships. In 1986 he represented England for the third time at the Commonwealth Games, competing in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36398|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
== International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1977 |European Junior Championships |Donetsk, Soviet Union |bgcolor=silver|2nd |110 m hurdles |14.29 |- |rowspan=2|1978 |European Championships |Prague, Czechoslovakia |14th (sf) |110 m hurdles |14.27 |- |Commonwealth Games |Edmonton, Canada |10th (h) |110 m hurdles |14.85 |- |1980 |Olympic Games |Moscow, Soviet Union |10th (sf) |110 m hurdles |13.94 |- |rowspan=3|1982 |European Indoor Championships |Milan, Italy |5th |60 m hurdles |7.83 |- |European Championships |Athens, Greece |15th (sf) |110 m hurdles |14.14 |- |Commonwealth Games |Brisbane, Australia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |110 m hurdles |13.43 |- |rowspan=2|1983 |European Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |9th (sf) |60 m hurdles |7.77 |- |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |9th (sf) |110 m hurdles |13.79 |- |1984 |Olympic Games |Los Angeles, United States | – |110 m hurdles |DQ |- |1986 |Commonwealth Games |Edinburgh, United Kingdom |5th |400 m hurdles |50.58 |}
==Personal bests== '''Outdoors''' *110 metres hurdles – 13.43 (+1.9 m/s, Brisbane 1982) *400 metres hurdles – 49.49 (London 1985) '''Indoors''' *60 metres hurdles – 7.69 (Dortmund 1983)
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/athlete/285996 All-Athletics profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holtom, Mark}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:English men hurdlers Category:British men hurdlers Category:Sportspeople from Burton upon Trent Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics