Shaun Lightman

{{short description|British racewalker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Shaun Lightman | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Racewalking | club = Metropolitan WC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|4|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Brentford, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =170 cm | weight =67 kg }}

'''Shaun Lightman''' (born 15 April 1943) is a retired British international racewalker who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/shaun-lightman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/shaun-lightman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Shaun Lightman Olympic Results |access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Lightman finished second behind Paul Nihill in the 7 miles walk event at the 1968 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref><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 May 2025}}</ref> Later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the men's 50 kilometres walk.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69247 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>

He represented England in the 20 miles walk, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36763|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Lightman would podium twice more at the AAA Championships in 1973 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>

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