Jackson, Colin Ray

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Welsh athlete. He won the 110-metre hurdles gold medal at the 1993 World Championships at Stuttgart, Germany, in a world record time of 12.91 seconds. He also excelled indoors, and in 1994 set an indoor world 60-metre hurdles record of 7.30 seconds. He won his seventh British indoor title at the AAA National Championships in Cardiff, Wales, in February 2002. In July of that year, he won a record eleventh outdoor AAA title.

Career highlights

Olympic Games
silver 1988

World Championships
gold 1993, 1999; silver 4 × 100-metre relay 1993; silver 1997; bronze 1987

World Indoor Championships
gold 60-metre hurdles 1999; silver 60-metres hurdles 1989, 1993, 1997

Commonwealth Games
gold 1990, 1994

European Championships
gold 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002

Awards

IAAF Male Athlete of the Year
1993

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