Colin Walker (runner)

{{Short description|English athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Colin Walker | honorific_suffix = OLY | image = | imagesize = 180px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Stockton-on-Tees, England | height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/colin-walker-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref> | weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 m steeplechase | club = Gateshead Harriers | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1990 Auckland | 3,000m steeplechase}} }} '''Colin Frederick Walker''' (born 29 October 1962) is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

== Biography == Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Walker represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games, at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993, and won a bronze medal representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37183|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Walker won the AAAs Championship title four times (1989, 1991–93)<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=27 June 2025}}</ref> and the UK Championship title twice (1987, 1992).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |work=GBR Athletics |title=AAA Championships (Men) |accessdate=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916121345/http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm|work=GBR Athletics|title=UK Championships|accessdate=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002171009/http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm|archive-date=2 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> His personal best in the event is 8:25.15, set when winning the AAAs Championships (incorporating the Olympic trial) in Birmingham in 1992.

== International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}} |- |1989 |European Indoor Championships |The Hague, Netherlands |16th (h) |3000 m |8:17.02 |- |rowspan=2|1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |8:26.50 |- |European Championships |Split, Yugoslavia |16th (h) |3000 m s'chase |8:26.95 |- |1991 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |19th (h) |3000 m s'chase |8:30.69 |- |rowspan=2|1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |17th (sf) |3000 m s'chase |8:34.82 |- |World Cup |Havana, Cuba |6th |3000 m s'chase |8:47.61 |- |1993 |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |23rd (h) |3000 m s'chase |8:36.22 |- |rowspan=2|1994 |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |4th |3000 m s'chase |8:27.78 |- |World Cup |London, United Kingdom |4th |3000 m s'chase |8:41.14 |- !colspan=6|<small>''' (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)'''</small> |}

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