# Colin Boreham

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{{Short description|British decathlete (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Colin Boreham
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| nationality = British
| sport       = Athletics
| event       = Decathlon / high jump
| club        = Bournemouth AC
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1954|3|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Luton](/source/Luton), England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =188 cm
| weight      =87 kg
}}

'''Colin Aubrey Geddes Boreham''' (born 26 March 1954) is a British former [athlete](/source/Sport_of_athletics). He competed at the [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/colin-boreham-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/colin-boreham-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Colin Boredom Olympic Results |accessdate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Boreham attended [Bournemouth School](/source/Bournemouth_School), then studied Physical Education at the [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham) in 1975.<ref>''Times'' Friday July 21 1972, page 10</ref> He then completed his Masters degree at [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) in 1976.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Boreham finished third behind [Mike Colin Campbell](/source/Mike_Colin_Campbell) in the high jump event at the [1971 AAA Championships](/source/1971_AAA_Championships)<ref name=Nuts>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> and then finished second behind [Milan Jamrich](/source/Milan_Jamrich) at the [1972 AAA Championships](/source/1972_AAA_Championships) but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the [British high jump champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_high_jump).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> In 1974, he broke the UK high jump record with 2.11 metres.

Boreham then concentrated on decathlon and would become the [British decathlon champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_decathlon%2Fheptathlon) after winning the event at the [1981 AAA Championships](/source/1981_AAA_Championships).<ref name=Nuts/> Representing [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland), he finished eighth in the decathlon at the [1982 Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_decathlon). 

At the 1984 Olympic Games in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics) in the [men's decathlon](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_decathlon).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68901 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref>

He also has a post graduate teaching certificate from [St Luke's College Exeter](/source/St_Luke's_Campus), and completed his PhD at the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1986.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

He taught at [Queen's University Belfast](/source/Queen's_University_Belfast), where he was director of physical education from 1977 to 1996.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} He was then appointed Professor of Sports Science at the University of Ulster, and in 2006 took up the post of Professor and founding director of the Institute for Sports and Health at University College Dublin. His research concentrated on the health benefits of exercise in young and elderly populations, resulting in over 200 peer reviewed publications.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
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