{{short description|Irish racewalker (born 1982)}} {{for|the English footballer|Colin Griffin (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Colin Griffin | nationality = Irish | image= | image_size= | caption= | birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|8|3}} | birth_place= Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Ireland | height={{height|m=1.85}} | weight={{cvt|71|kg}} | sport = Athletics | club = Ballinamore AC | event=50km Race Walk | medaltemplates = }}

'''Colin Griffin''' (born 3 August 1982) is an Irish race walker who has competed in two Olympic Games.

== Biography == Griffin is a race walker<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Griffin makes 50k Walk for London 2012|date=13 May 2012 |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2012/0513/320744-colin-griffin-reaches-london-2012/|publisher=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=2012-08-28}}</ref> who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in the 50k walk.<ref>James Sullivan, "[http://www.therunningreview.com/2012/06/13/athlete-qa-colin-griffin/ Athlete Q&A – Colin Griffin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203175739/http://www.therunningreview.com/2012/06/13/athlete-qa-colin-griffin/ |date=2014-02-03 }}", The Running Review, 13 June 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/griffin-colin-1096168/|title=Profile London 2012|date=31 July 2012|work=London 2012 Official Site|accessdate=31 July 2012|archive-date=6 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406163550/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/griffin-colin-1096168/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Griffin spent a good number of years training in Limerick and Saluzzo, Italy. He coaches fellow County Leitrim athlete and Olympian Laura Reynolds who now does MMA. He is director of the Altitude Centre Ireland, a company that specialises in altitude training and simulated altitude equipment.<ref group="n">The website of the Altitude Centre Ireland is [http://www.altitudecentre.ieInSport here] {{dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref>

He returned home from an altitude training camp high in Sierra Nevada in Spain to win Athletics Ireland 10&nbsp;km walk. It was his first national 10&nbsp;km track title, winning in a time of 41.47.66 at Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colin gears up for London with Santry win|url=https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/leitrim-sports/94080/Colin-gears-up-for-London-with.html|newspaper=Leitrim Observer|accessdate=3 April 2021|date=14 July 2012}}</ref>

Griffin was disqualified at the 38&nbsp;km mark at the 2012 Olympics while he was in contention for a top 16 performance and a personal best time by several minutes. However, that same day Laura Reynolds, who he had coached, finished 20th in the women's 20&nbsp;km walk in her first Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coach Colin delighted with Laura's display|url=https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/leitrim-sports/103737/Coach-Colin-delighted-with-Laura-s.html|newspaper=Leitrim Observer|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref>

Griffin twice won the British AAA Championships title in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{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=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{World Athletics}} *{{Olympics.com profile|colin-griffin}} *{{Sports-Reference|gr/colin-griffin-1}}

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