Mark Richardson (musician)
Mark Richardson (born 18 May 1970, Leeds) is an English drummer, of the UK rock band Skunk Anansie and Little Angels, and formerly of Feeder.
Personal life
Richardson lived the first seven years of his life in Leeds and became a Leeds United F.C. fan, as highlighted by his LUFC drumhead at Feeder's Leeds Academy gig. He grew up playing golf and rugby from the age of 5 and went on to be a competent golfer and played rugby union for East Yorkshire.
Richardson played in bands throughout his school years with his best friend and guitar player Phil Lavery.
Richardson is a passionate biker and completed Enduro Africa a 2,500 km bike ride across South Africa to raise money for the charity, Riders For Health, Enduro India (2,500 km from Goa to the Kerala Backwaters) Experience Africa with Riders For Health (1,500 km) twice once in 2011 and 2014. Richardson has also competed in the 12hour Dawn To Dusk, numerous Hare and Hound events across the country and considers himself a 'decent clubman level rider' winning 3rd place in the clubman class in the Desert Rose Hare and Hounds championship in 2012. His dream is to complete the Africa Eco Rally (the original Paris-Dakar route).
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Mark Richardson (Missouri politician)
Mark L. Richardson (born March 19, 1952 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) was a politician who served as Minority Leader in the Missouri House of Representatives. He has also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney and a circuit judge.
His son Todd Richardson has also served as a Republican in the Missouri House of Representatives.
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Mark Richardson (runner)
Mark Ashton Richardson (born 26 July 1972 in Slough) is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black. This team set a UK record, 2:56.60, in the process.
At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Richardson ran the anchor leg for Great Britain in the 4x400m relay, winning the silver medal. His unofficial split time was 43.5. On 7 January 2010 it was announced that Great Britain's 1997 World Championship 4x400m relay team are to be awarded the gold medal; they were beaten by a U.S. team that included Antonio Pettigrew, who admitted in 2008 to using performance-enhancing drugs.
Doping case
Richardson received a two-year ban from the IAAF after he failed a drugs test which was taken on 25 October 1999. He was suspended in March 2000 and subsequently missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He tested positive for banned substance nandrolone, but claimed that he was unaware of taking the substance. Unlike fellow competitors Linford Christie, Gary Cadogan and Doug Walker, Richardson accepted the ban and chose not to pursue his case to arbitration. The IAAF did re-instate Richardson in June 2001, under their "exceptional circumstances" rule.UK Athletics also cleared Richardson (as they did with Christie, Cadogan and Walker) as they believed there was enough reasonable doubt over the intention to take a banned substance. The IAAF overrule such decisions because they hold athletes completely responsible for drug samples under a "strict liability rule"
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