# Mark Holtom

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{{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](/source/Blurton), [Staffordshire](/source/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](/source/Athletics_(sport))
| event          = [110 m hurdles](/source/110_m_hurdles), [60 m hurdles](/source/60_m_hurdles), [400 m hurdles](/source/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](/source/sprint_hurdles) who competed for Great Britain at the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics) and [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Holtom finished second behind [Berwyn Price](/source/Berwyn_Price) in the 110 metres hurdles event at both the [1977 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1979 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics) and [1984](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics), as well as representing [England](/source/England_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) and winning a silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles event, at the [1982 Commonwealth Games](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games) in [Brisbane](/source/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](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics). In 1986 he represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games) for the third time at the Commonwealth Games, competing in the [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles) event at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/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](/source/1977_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|[Donetsk, Soviet Union](/source/Donetsk%2C_Soviet_Union)
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|110 m hurdles
|14.29
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
|[European Championships](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Prague, Czechoslovakia](/source/Prague%2C_Czechoslovakia)
|14th (sf)
|110 m hurdles
|[14.27](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada)
|10th (h)
|110 m hurdles
|[14.85](/source/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|1980
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics)
|[Moscow, Soviet Union](/source/Moscow%2C_Soviet_Union)
|10th (sf)
|110 m hurdles
|[13.94](/source/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|rowspan=3|1982
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)
|[Milan, Italy](/source/Milan%2C_Italy)
|5th
|60 m hurdles
|[7.83](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_60_metres_hurdles)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Athens, Greece](/source/Athens%2C_Greece)
|15th (sf)
|110 m hurdles
|[14.14](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Brisbane, Australia](/source/Brisbane%2C_Australia)
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|110 m hurdles
|[13.43](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/1983_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)
|[Budapest, Hungary](/source/Budapest%2C_Hungary)
|9th (sf)
|60 m hurdles
|[7.77](/source/1983_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_60_metres_hurdles)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland)
|9th (sf)
|110 m hurdles
|[13.79](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|1984
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics)
|[Los Angeles, United States](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_United_States)
| –
|110 m hurdles
|[DQ](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_110_metres_hurdles)
|-
|1986
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Edinburgh, United Kingdom](/source/Edinburgh%2C_United_Kingdom)
|5th
|400 m hurdles
|[50.58](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles)
|}

==Personal bests==
'''Outdoors'''
*[110 metres hurdles](/source/110_metres_hurdles) – 13.43 (+1.9&nbsp;m/s, Brisbane 1982)
*[400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles) – 49.49 (London 1985)
'''Indoors'''
*[60 metres hurdles](/source/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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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

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