{{short description|British middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Spencer Duval | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Middle-distance / Steeplechase | club = Cannock & Stafford AC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lichfield, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =178 cm | weight =63 kg }}
'''Spencer Gavin Duval''' (born 5 January 1970) is a male British retired middle-distance runner who competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/spencer-duval-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041203/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/spencer-duval-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Spencer Duval Olympic Results |access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == He represented England in the 3000 metres steeplechase event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.<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=18 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> Four years later he represented England in the 3000 metres steeplechase event again, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37198|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Duval was a three-times British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1995 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=6 July 2025}}</ref> and the 1997 AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref> in addition to the UK Athletics Championships title in 1993.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duval, Spencer}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:British men steeplechase runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Sportspeople from Lichfield Category:English men middle-distance runners