# Tony Staynings

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{{short description|British middle-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Tony Staynings
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = Middle-distance running
| event       = [Steeplechase](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics))
| club        = Bristol & West AC
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1953|7|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Hanover](/source/Hanover), West Germany
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =169 cm
| weight      =57 kg
}}

'''Anthony Robert Staynings''' (born 21 July 1953) is a British male retired [middle-distance runner](/source/middle-distance_running) who competed at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics) and the [1980 Summer Olympics](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/tony-staynings-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/tony-staynings-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Tony Staynings Olympic Results |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Staynings twice became the [British 3000 metres steeplechase champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_steeplechase) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) titles at the [1975 AAA Championships](/source/1975_AAA_Championships)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19750803/288/0033 |title=Stewart Mystery |work=Sunday Mirror |date=3 August 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref> and the [1976 AAA Championships](/source/1976_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=30 May 2025}}</ref>

At the 1976 Olympics Games in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) in the [3000 metres steeplechase](/source/3000_metres_steeplechase).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69508 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

Staynings was an [All-America](/source/All-America)n runner for the [Western Kentucky Hilltoppers track and field](/source/Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_track_and_field) team, finishing runner-up in the [3000 metres](/source/3000_metres) at the [1977 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships](/source/1977_NCAA_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championships).<ref name="3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3368&event=10 |title=3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships |website=[USTFCCCA](/source/USTFCCCA) |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

Staynings finished runner-up behind [Dennis Coates](/source/Dennis_Coates) in successive years at the AAA Championships in 1977 and 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref> and shortly afterwards represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event, at the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.<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/37194|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> He was also the winner of the [1977 UK Athletics Championships](/source/1977_UK_Athletics_Championships) and [1980 UK Athletics Championships](/source/1980_UK_Athletics_Championships) titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAASteeple.htm|title=AAA and National Championships Medallists – Steeplechase|website=NUTS}}</ref>

He appeared at his second Olympic Games at the 1980 Olympics Games in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), representing [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) in the steeplechase again.<ref name=oly/>

== References ==
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{{Footer UK NC 3000 Metres Steeplechase Men}}
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Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:British men middle-distance runners
Category:British men steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes from Hanover
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers track and field athletes
Category:Competitors at the 1977 Summer Universiade

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