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Carl Edward Thackery (born 14 October 1962 in Sheffield, England) is a retired British long-distance runner, who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. His daughter Calli Hauger-Thackery is an international marathon runner.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Born | 14 October 1962 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
He ran twice for Great Britain in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, finishing 16th and winning team silver in 1992 and winning individual and team bronzes in 1993.[1] He also finished 14th in the 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, won team silver at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race (where he finished 20th),[2] and won team silver at the IAAF World Road Relay Championships in 1986, helping to set a UK record for the road marathon relay in the process.[3][4] He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6][7]
At a domestic level, he was the English AAA 10,000 metres champion in 1991[8] and the English Inter-Counties Cross Country champion in 1987.[9]
Thackery won a number of prestigious international road races, including the City-Pier-City Half Marathon in The Hague,[10] the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon (twice),[11] the 15 km Seven Hills Race (Zevenheuvelenloop) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands,[12] the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run in Washington DC,[13] the Trevira Twosome 10 miles in New York Central Park,[14] the Jean Bouin Memorial in Barcelona (twice),[15] and La Matesina 10 km in Bojano/Italy.[16] In the UK, he won the Nike Blaydon Race in 1998[17] and ran world-class sub-46.40 min times when winning the Brampton-Carlisle and Erewash 10 miles in 1991 and 1992 respectively.[18] Thackery also won two Grand Prix track races in 1987 – the 10,000 metres at the Paris BNP meeting[19] and the one-hour event at the Herculis meeting in Monaco.[20] His half-marathon personal best of 61 min 04 sec ranked him first in the world in 1987.[21] Thackery set the British and Commonwealth records for 20,000 metres and one hour on the track at La Flèche in France in 1990.[22][23]
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