Daniel Awde

Daniel "Dan" Awde /ɔːd/ (born 22 June 1988 in Hammersmith, London) is a British 400 metres runner and former decathlete who has twice competed at the Summer Olympic Games.

[1] In 2002 Awde, who competes for the Woodford Green with Essex Ladies athletics club, won the bronze medal in the under-15 event at the South of England Indoor Pentathlon competition.

[4] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after his training partner, former World Championship silver medallist Dean Macey, failed to achieve the qualifying standard.

For the 2014 season Awde switched from the decathlon to the 400 metres, joining coach Chris Zah's training group based at Mile End, and winning a bronze at the UK Indoor Championships.

[12] Awde has been in the filming industry to perform stunts in movies like Angel Has Fallen, Dolittle, F9, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Black Widow, No Time to Die, The King's Man, and was the running body double for Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger.