Andy Vernon

Andy Vernon

Vernon in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Vernon
Nationality	British
Born	(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 38) Fareham, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb) (2017)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	5,000 metres 10,000 metres Cross country
Club	Aldershot, Farnham & District AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5,000 metres: 13:11.50 10,000 metres: 27:42.62
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain European Championships 2014 Zürich 10,000 metres 2014 Zürich 5000 metres European Cross Country Championships 2016 Chia Senior Team 2008 Brussels Men's under-23 2007 Toro Men's under-23 2013 Belgrade Senior men Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 5000 metres European Team Championships 2011 Stockholm 5000 metres 2015 Cheboksary 5000 metres

Andrew James Vernon (born 7 January 1986) is a British long-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 metres, the 10,000 metres on track and cross country running.^[1] After the 2018 commonwealth games and started to concentrate on the roads winning Manchester Half Marathon with the aim of doing a full marathon in 2019. Vernon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 10,000 metres. He has also competed in two Commonwealth Games, a World Indoor Championship and six World Cross Country Championships.^[1][2] Vernon is a two-time European Athletics Championship medallist and a Summer Universiade gold medallist.^[2] He currently competes for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC.