Colin Jackson
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This article is about the Welsh athlete. For other people called Colin Jackson see Colin Jackson (disambiguation)
Colin Ray Jackson (born February 18, 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) was a sprint and hurdling athlete and now works as a sports commentator and television presenter predominantly for the BBC.
He attended Llanedeyrn High School playing football and cricket for the county and rugby and basketball for his school.
Under coach Malcolm Arnold he started out as a promising decathlete before switching to high hurdles. Jackson now (as of August 2004) jointly holds the World Record for 110 metre hurdles (with China's Liu Xiang) with a time of 12.91 seconds set August 20, 1993 in Stuttgart, Germany. He remains sole holder of the indoor world record at the 60 metre hurdles with a time of 7.3 seconds set in Sindelfingen, Germany on March 6, 1994.
Already the holder of the MBE that he received in 1990 for his services to athletics, in 1992 he was made a CBE.
The English reggae band Aswad name-dropped him on their hit song Shine: Him a floating like a butterfly, the hurdling man - Yes, me-a-chat about Colin Jackson.
Achievements
- 1986
- Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1987
- World Championships - Rome, Italy.
- 110m hurdles bronze medal
- European Cup - Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- World Championships - Rome, Italy.
- 1988
- Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea.
- 1989
- IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 60m hurdles silver medal
- European Cup - Gateshead, England.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain.
- 1990
- Commonwealth Games - Auckland, New Zealand.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- European Championships - Split, Yugoslavia.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- Commonwealth Games - Auckland, New Zealand.
- 1991
- European Cup - Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- European Cup - Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- 1992
- 1993
- World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- World Indoor Championships - Toronto, Canada.
- 60m hurdles silver medal
- European Cup - Rome, Italy.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1994
- Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- Goodwill Games - Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- European Championships - Helsinki, Finland.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada.
- 1996
- European Cup - Madrid, Spain.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- European Cup - Madrid, Spain.
- 1997
- World Championships - Athens, Greece.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- World Indoor Championships - Paris, France.
- 60m hurdles silver medal
- European Cup - Munich, Germany.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- World Championships - Athens, Greece.
- 1998
- European Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- IAAF World Cup - Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- European Cup - Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- European Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- 1999
- World Championships - Seville, Spain.
- 110m hurdles gold medal
- World Indoor Championships - Maebashi, Japan.
- 60m hurdles gold medal
- World Championships - Seville, Spain.
- 2002
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England.
- 110m hurdles silver medal
- European Championships - Munich, Germany.
- 100m hurdles gold medal
- European Cup - Annecy, France.
- 110m hurdles gold medalde:Colin Jackson
- Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England.