Fountain lived in Arkansas for six years whilst being coached by the University of Arkansas coach John McDonnell.
In 2009, Fountain moved back to Australia to be coached by Bruce Scriven and former Olympic Champion Steve Ovett.
After a troublesome two years battling Achilles injuries, Fountain underwent an operation to alleviate his problems and get him on track once again.
Fountain is the General Manager of Supaworld, an indoor family entertainment centre which has four locations Australia wide. He has worked there since 2014.
Achievements
8th world Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland(1999)
5th World University Championships Daegue, Korea(2003)
3rd Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia(2006)
9th(h) World Championships Osaka, Japan (2007)
Australian indoor record 1000m: 2.20.3 (2005)
Australian indoor record mile: 3.54.7 (2005)
Bronze medalist at 1500 m 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
mark, fountain, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, august, 2016, born, march, 1982, australian, middle, distance, runner, medal, recordrepresenting, australiamen, athletic. This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2016 Mark Fountain born 10 March 1982 1 is an Australian middle distance runner Mark Fountain Medal recordRepresenting AustraliaMen s AthleticsCommonwealth Games2006 Melbourne 1500 metres 1 Fountain currently lives and trains in Geelong Victoria and is married to former University of Arkansas All America runner Erica Sigmont 2 Fountain lived in Arkansas for six years whilst being coached by the University of Arkansas coach John McDonnell In 2009 Fountain moved back to Australia to be coached by Bruce Scriven and former Olympic Champion Steve Ovett After a troublesome two years battling Achilles injuries Fountain underwent an operation to alleviate his problems and get him on track once again Fountain is the General Manager of Supaworld an indoor family entertainment centre which has four locations Australia wide He has worked there since 2014 Achievements Edit8th world Youth Championships Bydgoszcz Poland 1999 5th World University Championships Daegue Korea 2003 3rd Commonwealth Games Melbourne Australia 2006 9th h World Championships Osaka Japan 2007 Australian indoor record 1000m 2 20 3 2005 Australian indoor record mile 3 54 7 2005 Bronze medalist at 1500 m 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Australian Under 18 Champion 1500 m 1999 Australian Under 20 Champion 1500 m 2001 Australian Under 20 Champion 3000 m 2001 Australian Under 20 Champion X Country 2001 Australian National Champion 1500 m 2007 Personal record 1500 m 3 33 68 1 References Edit a b c Mark Fountain Athlete profile International Association of Athletics Federations Retrieved 17 October 2018 WholeHogSports com Tyson Invitational Report Harter gets a lot from few Archived 2007 12 01 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditAthletics Australia profile Interview with Mark Fountain on Runnerstribe com permanent dead link 1 2 This biographical article relating to Australian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Fountain amp oldid 1066686640, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
