# Colin Kirkham

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{{short description|British long-distance runner}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Colin Kirkham
| image       =
| caption     =
| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event       = Long-distance running/Marathon
| club        = [Coventry Godiva Harriers](/source/Coventry_Godiva_Harriers)
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1944|10|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =179 cm
| weight      =61 kg
}}

'''Colin Kirkham''' (born 30 October 1944) is a male British retired[long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_track_event) who competed at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69226 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kirkham studied Mathematics at [Durham University](/source/Durham_University), where he was a member of [St Cuthbert's Society](/source/St_Cuthbert's_Society%2C_Durham) and won the Northern Counties Marathon Championship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Former Durham student Olympic possible |journal=Palatinate |date=13 June 1968 |issue=226 |page=12 |url=https://iiif.durham.ac.uk/index.html?manifest=t1mkp78gg48j&canvas=t1tk3569666d |access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref> He taught Maths at [Arley, Warwickshire](/source/Arley%2C_Warwickshire)<ref>''Coventry Standard'' Thursday 25 July 1968, page 19</ref> and at [Coleshill School, Warwickshire](/source/The_Coleshill_School).

Kirkham represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics) in the [marathon](/source/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon) at the 1972 Olympics in [Munich](/source/Munich).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/colin-kirkham-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/colin-kirkham-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Colin Kirkham Olympic Results |access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref> The following year Kirkham finished third behind [Ian Thompson](/source/Ian_Thompson_(runner)) in the marathon event at the [1973 AAA Championships](/source/1973_AAA_Championships).<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=29 May 2025}}</ref>

He represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1974_British_Commonwealth_Games) in the marathon event, at the [1974 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1974_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39242|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> and would podium on two more occasions at the [1975 AAA Championships](/source/1975_AAA_Championships) and the [1977 AAA Championships](/source/1977_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> In December 1981 he won the [Tiberias Marathon](/source/Tiberias_Marathon) in Israel.

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Category:1944 births
Category:Living people
Category:Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:British men long-distance runners
Category:British men marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes from Nottingham
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:British mathematics educators
Category:Schoolteachers from Nottinghamshire
Category:English men long-distance runners
Category:English men marathon runners

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