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Jason Carty

Jason Carty

British masters sprint athlete (died 2021)

Jason Carty (died September 2021) was a British masters sprint athlete and world record holder.[1]

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Masters Athletics Career

At the European Masters Indoor Championships in March 2015, Carty won the gold medal in the 60m in the M45 category in a time of 7.24.[2] Later in the year, after a successful British Masters Championships, Carty came second in the 100m at the World Masters Championships to Reggie Pendland of the US, just ahead of his British rival Darren Scott.[3]

In 2016, Carty was diagnosed with lung cancer. But he returned to competitive athletics and at the World Masters Athletics Championships in 2018 he took gold in the M45 100m in a new British record, and also won the 4x100m relay.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "The courageous Jason Carty". BMAF.
  2. [2]
    "Ros Tabor and Darren Scott among athletes to impress in Torun". AW. 29 March 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Anthony Whiteman among World Masters winners in Lyon". AW. 10 August 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Interview with World Masters sprint champion Jason Carty". 14 October 2018.


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