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Place of Birth: Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
About Damien Marsh
- Damien Marsh (born 28 March 1971) is a former Australian 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion. A native of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Marsh finest moment as a sprinter was winning the 1995 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in a time of 10.13, defeating a field of the world's top sprinters.
- This bettered his own Australian national record of 10.16 set in July 1994 is Oslo.
- He had broken Gerrard Keating's national record (of 10.22) in February 1993 in Melbourne with a time of 10.19.
- He also ran a personal best in the 200 in Monaco, 20.32. Weeks earlier to running 10.13, Marsh led Australia to a silver medal in the 4X100m sprint relay in a national record time of 38.17 at the 1995 IAAF World Championships.
- Marsh narrowly missed out in reaching the 100m final with a 9th best 10.20 time in the event semi-finals.
- He finished 1995 ranked 9th in the world in the 200m.
- After suffering a ruptured achilles tendon injury during training for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics however, he never returned to such world-class form. Marsh 8th in the final of the 1993 World Championships 200m event with a time of 20.56.
- He finished 5th in the 200m at the 1994 Goodwill Games with the same time.
- He won the Australian men's open athletics championships 100m event in 1994 with a time of 10.39 and in 1996 with a 10.43.
- He was 1993 and 1998 200m champion as well with a wind-aided 20.29 and 21.34 respectively. He also competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and ranked 9th in the World for his 100m sprint.
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