Colin_Walker_(athlete)

Colin Walker (runner)

Colin Walker (runner)

English athlete

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

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Athletics career

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]

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Walker won the AAAs Championship title four times (1989, 1991–93) and the UK Championship title twice (1987, 1992).[6][7] 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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References

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    Sports-Reference profile
  2. [2]
    Colin Walker at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. [3]
    "1990 Athletes". Team England.
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    "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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    "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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    "AAA Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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    "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.


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