# Colin Griffin

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{{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= 
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| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|8|3}}
| birth_place= [Ballinamore](/source/Ballinamore), [County Leitrim](/source/County_Leitrim), Ireland
| height={{height|m=1.85}}
| weight={{cvt|71|kg}}
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| club        = Ballinamore AC
| event=[50km Race Walk](/source/50_kilometres_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](/source/race_walking)<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](/source/2008_Olympic_Games) and [2012 Olympic Games](/source/2012_Olympic_Games) in the [50k walk](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_kilometres_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](/source/Limerick) and [Saluzzo](/source/Saluzzo), [Italy](/source/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](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(Spain)) in [Spain](/source/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](/source/Santry), [Dublin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Leitrim_Observer)|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref>

Griffin twice won the British [AAA Championships](/source/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>

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

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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Irish men race walkers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Ireland
Category:Athletes from County Leitrim
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ireland
Category:AAA Championships winners
Category:People from Ballinamore
Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen

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