{{short description|English long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mark Hudspith | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|01|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tynemouth, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Long-distance | club = Morpeth AC | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }} {{Medal|Comp|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze |1994 Victoria|Men's Marathon}} }}
'''Mark Edward Hudspith''' (born 19 January 1969) is a male English former long-distance runner.
== Biography == Hudspith studied at Durham University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hatfield College History|url=https://community.dur.ac.uk/hatfield.history/intour/sport.htm|website=community.dur.ac.uk|accessdate=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122030825/http://community.dur.ac.uk/hatfield.history/intour/sport.htm|archive-date=22 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He achieved a personal best time of 2:11:58 in London on 2 April 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF: Mark Hudspith Profile|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/mark-hudspith-20298|website=iaaf.org|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref>
Hudspith represented England and won the bronze medal in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Hudspith|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39262|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|accessdate=20 April 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time he was the first Briton to win a major championship medal in the marathon in 10 years, since Charlie Spedding won bronze at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Games: Revitalised Moneghetti takes marathon: Bronze for|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-revitalised-moneghetti-takes-marathon-bronze-for-englands-hudspith-while-sprinter-1386365.html|website=The Independent|accessdate=20 April 2018|date=29 August 1994}}</ref> Eight years later he represented England again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39262|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Hudspith was three-times British marathon champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete in the London marathon and therefore taking the AAA Championships title in 1998, 1999 and 2000.<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=11 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
His brother Ian Hudspith was also a notable athlete and was the British champion at the 1997 British Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19980330/037/0037 |title=Wilmslow Half-Marathon |work=Manchester Evening News |date=30 March 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudspith, Mark}} Category:Living people Category:1969 births Category:English men marathon runners Category:British men marathon runners Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics