{{short description|British sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Terry Whitehead | image = | caption = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting/400m | club = Chelmsford AC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Peterborough, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =185 cm | weight =73 kg }}
'''Robert Terence John Whitehead''' (born 10 January 1957) is a British sprinter. Whitehead competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/terry-whitehead-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/terry-whitehead-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Terry Whitehead Olympic Results |access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Whitehead finished third behind Maurice Peoples in the 400 metres event at the 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=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/ |title=Edmonton 1978 Team |website=Team England |access-date=7 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37385|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, he represented Great Britain in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69589 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 400 metres champions}} {{authority control}}
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