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Colin Walker (runner)

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Colin Walker
OLY
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1962-10-29) 29 October 1962 (age 63)
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
3000 m steeplechase
ClubGateshead Harriers
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1990 Auckland3,000m steeplechase

Colin Frederick Walker (born 29 October 1962) is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase[2] who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Walker represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games, at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993, and won a bronze medal representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3][4][5]

Walker won the AAAs Championship title four times (1989, 1991–93)[6] and the UK Championship title twice (1987, 1992).[7][8] His personal best in the event is 8:25.15, set when winning the AAAs Championships (incorporating the Olympic trial) in Birmingham in 1992.

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 16th (h) 3000 m 8:17.02
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 3rd 3000 m s'chase 8:26.50
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 16th (h) 3000 m s'chase 8:26.95
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 19th (h) 3000 m s'chase 8:30.69
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 17th (sf) 3000 m s'chase 8:34.82
World Cup Havana, Cuba 6th 3000 m s'chase 8:47.61
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 23rd (h) 3000 m s'chase 8:36.22
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 4th 3000 m s'chase 8:27.78
World Cup London, United Kingdom 4th 3000 m s'chase 8:41.14
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

References

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  1. ↑ Sports-Reference profile
  2. ↑ Colin Walker at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "AAA Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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