# Terry Whitehead

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{{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](/source/Sport_of_athletics) 
| event       = Sprinting/400m
| club        = Chelmsford AC
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1957|1|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough), England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =185 cm
| weight      =73 kg
}}

'''Robert Terence John Whitehead''' (born 10 January 1957) is a British [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)). Whitehead competed at the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Maurice_Peoples) in the 400 metres event at the [1978 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/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](/source/Moscow), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) in the [men's 4 × 400 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_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 ==
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{{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 400 metres champions}}
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Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:British men sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Sportspeople from Peterborough
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
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