Colin Jackson
Welsh athlete and sports commentator · United Kingdom · Athletes · Born 1967 · age 59
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Something wrong?Colin Ray Jackson, is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete, sports commentator and television personality who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.
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, As an athlete your creative side gets crushed because there’s nothing for you to do but deliver this [performances].
No-no-no-no, It’s a very closed shop in that circumstance. So when he was looking after London 2012, he’d have had no chance of looking on what was going on in the IAAF.
People always say to me I’m an eight-year-old with money.
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Colin Ray Jackson, is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete, sports commentator and television personality who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion. His world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110 m hurdles stood for nearly 13 years and his 60 metres hurdles world record stood for nearly 27 years.
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