Richard Davenport (born 12 September 1985) is an English former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2005 European Indoor Championships.
Biography His personal bests in the event are 46.75 seconds outdoors (Birmingham 2012) and 47.30 seconds indoors (Birmingham 2005).
Davenport finished runner-up to Nathan Woodward in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 British Athletics Championships.
International competitions Representing 2001European Youth Olympic FestivalMurcia, Spain2nd400 m48.592nd4 × 100 m relay42.212003European Junior ChampionshipsTampere, Finland8th (h)400 m47.374th4 × 400 m relay3:09.362004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy7th400 m hurdles51.595th4 × 400 m relay3:07.022005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain2nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.53European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany22nd (h)400 m47.452nd4 × 400 m relay3:04.832011UniversiadeShenzhen, China5th400 m hurdles49.988th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.38
Personal bests All-Athletics profile Outdoor 400 metres – 46.75 (Birmingham 2012) 800 metres – 1:50.17 (Street 2005) 400 metres hurdles – 49.76 (Birmingham 2011) Indoor 400 metres – 47.30 (Birmingham 2005) 800 metres – 1:51.45 (Cardiff 2005)
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