# Shaun Lightman

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{{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](/source/racewalking) who competed at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Paul_Nihill) in the 7 miles walk event at the [1968 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics) in the [men's 50 kilometres walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_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](/source/England_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in the 20 miles walk, at the [1970 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1943 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:British men race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:People from Brentford
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Hounslow

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