Jason Carty | |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1969 |
Death Date: | [1] |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Masters Sprint Athlete |
Jason Carty (10 November 1969 - September 2021) was a British masters sprint athlete and world record holder.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]