{{short description|English sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Solomon Wariso | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Portsmouth, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | height = | weight = | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4x400m relay}} }}
'''Iju Solomon Christopher Wariso''' (born 11 November 1966) is an English male retired sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 and 400 metres.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>
== Biography == Born to Nigerian parents in Portsmouth where his father was stationed with the navy, Wariso's family moved to London in 1971.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/athletics-wariso-looks-at-home-in-alien-dimension-1147238.html Athletics: Wariso looks at home in alien dimension]</ref>
He represented his country at two outdoor and three indoor World Championships and is the British record holder in the indoor 4 × 400 metres relay. Wariso became the British 400 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 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=5 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
He represented England in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37388|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
He tested positive for an illegal stimulant, ephedrine, in 1994 and was banned from competing for three months, despite his claims that he took the substance unknowingly in a herbal supplement.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/drugs_in_sport/859864.stm Britain's positive tests]</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1991 |Universiade |Sheffield, United Kingdom |8th |200 m |21.70 |- |1993 |World Indoor Championships |Toronto, Canada |11th (sf) |200 m |21.31 |- |1994 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |8th (sf) |200 m |21.52 |- |rowspan=3|1995 |World Indoor Championships |Barcelona, Spain |10th (h) |200 m |21.39<ref>Did not finish in the semifinals</ref> |- |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Gothenburg, Sweden |10th (sf) |200 m |20.58 |- |7th (sf) |4 × 100 m relay |38.75 |- |rowspan=5|1998 |European Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain |21st (h) |400 m |48.41 |- |rowspan=2|European Championships |rowspan=2|Budapest, Hungary |6th (sf) |400 m |45.59<ref>Disqualified in the final</ref> |- |1st (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:02.37 |- |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |16th (sf) |400 m |47.80 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:00.82 |- |rowspan=2|1999 |World Indoor Championships |Maebashi, Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:03.20 |- |World Championships |Seville, Spain |36th (h) |400 m |46.61 |}
== Personal bests == '''Outdoor''' *100 metres – 10.33 (-2.3 m/s) (Geneva, 1994) *200 metres – 20.50 (+0.6 m/s) (Birmingham, 1995) *400 metres – 44.68 (Birmingham, 1998) '''Indoor''' *60 metres – 6.85 (Stuttgart, 1998) *200 metres – 20.84 (Birmingham, 1995) *400 metres – 45.71 (Birmingham, 1998)
== See also == *List of doping cases in athletics
== References == {{Reflist}} {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 400 metres champions}} {{authority control}}
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