Colin Jackson

Colin Jackson dreamed of becoming a fast bowler in cricket. Everyone at Cardiff AAC thought he was going to be the next Daley Thompson as he won everything in his early teens. In the end he became the world record holder and champion in the 110 Hurdles. Sometimes words cannot accurately portray an athlete’s greatness. The statistics from his incredible career outline just how good the Cardiff-born star really was. Just take a look for yourself.

COLIN JACKSON – The Ultimate Champion

WORLD RECORD HOLDER AT 110 HURDLES: 12.91 sec 20 August, 1993 – 11 July, 2006

WORLD RECORD HOLDER AT 60 HURDLES: 7.30 sec 6 March, 1994 – Present

FORMER HOLDER OF WORLD BEST AT 200 HURDLES: 22.63 SEC, 1991

WORLD RECORD 44 SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES 1994/1995

GREATEST EVER SERIES OF 110 HURDLES RACES WITH 13 SUB-13.20 sec TIMES IN 1993

RECORD 11 MARKS SUB-13.10 sec IN 1994

FIRST BRITON TO SET WORLD RECORD IN 110 HURDLES SINCE CLEMENT JACKSON IN 1865

WON IAAF GRAND PRIX TITLE IN 1994, SHARING £160,000 WORTH OF GOLD INGOTS WITH AMERICAN LONG JUMPER MIKE POWELL FOR WINNING GOLDEN FOUR EVENTS ON EUROPEAN CIRCUIT

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS
(110 hurdles outdoors or 60 hurdles indoors unless stated)

GOLD
World Junior Championships, Athens, 1986 (13.44)
European Indoor Championships, The Hague, 1989 (7.59)
Commonwealth Games, Auckland, 1990 (13.08)
European Championships, Split, 1990 (13.18)
World Championships, Stuttgart, 1993 (12.91)
European Indoor Championships, Paris, 1994 (7.41)
European Indoor Championships, Paris (60 metres), 1994 (6.49)
European Championships, Helsinki, 1994 (13.08)
Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada 1994 (13.08)
European Championships, Budapest, 1998 (13.02)
World Indoor Championships, Maebashi, 1999 (7.38)
World Championships, Seville, 1999 (13.04)
European Championships, Munich, 2002 (13.11)
European Indoor Championships, Vienna, 2002 (7.40)

SILVER
European Junior Championships, Cottbus, 1985 (13.69)
Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, 1986 (13.42)
European Indoor Championships, Lievin, 1987 (7.63)
Olympic Games, Seoul, 1988 (13.28)
World Indoor Championships, Budapest, 1989 (7.45)
World Indoor Championships, Toronto, 1993 (7.43)
World Championships, Stuttgart (4 x 100 relay), 1993
World Indoor Championships, Paris, 1997 (7.49)
World Championships, Athens, 1997 (13.05)
Commonwealth Games, Manchester, 2002 (13.39)

BRONZE
World Championships, Rome, 1987 (13.38)

OTHERS
European Cup
SILVER Prague, 1987 (13.53)
GOLD Gateshead, 1989 (13.56)
GOLD Frankfurt, 1991 (13.31)
GOLD Rome, 1993 (13.10)
SILVER Madrid, 1996 (13.63)
SILVER Munich, 1997 (13.28)
GOLD St Petersberg, 1998 (13.17)
GOLD Annecy, 2002 (13.15)

World Cup
SILVER Barcelona, 1989 (12.95)
GOLD Havana, 1992 (13.07)
SILVER Johannesburg, 1998 (13.11)

Other Championships
Olympic Games 1992, 7th; Olympic Games 1996, 4th; World Championships 1991, semi-finals (retired with injury); European Indoor Championships 1985, semi-finals; World Indoor Championships 1987, 4th;10 AAA titles at 110 Hurdles.

1990: OBE
1998: MBE

Welsh Sports Personality of the Year: 1988, 1993, 1999

British Athletics Writers Athlete of the Year: 1993, 1994

Sports Writers Association ‘Sportsman of the Year’: 1994

European Male Athlete of the Year: 1993

IAAF World Male Athlete of the Year: 1993

TITLES (at 110H)
AAA: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
UK: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992
Welsh AAA: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2002

OTHER TITLES
AAA Indoor (at 60H): 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002
Welsh AAA: (100): 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998
(200): 1988, 1989

RECORDS

WORLD
12.91 Stuttgart, 1993
7.30 Indoor 60H, Germany, 1994

WORLD BEST
200m Hurdles, 22.63 Cardiff, 1991

EUROPEAN & COMMONWEALTH
13.11 Sestriere, 1988
13.11 London, 1989
13.11, 13.08, Auckland, 1990
13.06 London, 1992
13.04 Cologne, 1992
12.97 Sestriere, 1993
12.91 Stuttgart, 1993

Indoor
7.41 Sindelfingen, 1989
7.30 Germany, 1994

European Junior
13.44 Athens, 1986

UK
13.23 Belfast, 1988
As Above

UK ALL/COMERS
13.11 London, 1989
13.10 Cardiff, 1990
13.09 London, 1990
13.06 London, 1992
13.03 Sheffield, 1994

UK A/C Indoors
7.42 Glasgow, 1992

WELSH
110H: As above
100: 10.29 Wrexham, 1990
200: 21.19 Tel Aviv, 1988

Junior Long Jump: 7.56 Tel Aviv, 1985

WELSH A/C
13.51: Cwmbran, 1986
13.51: Cwmbran, 1987
13.10: Cardiff, 1990

PERSONAL BESTS
Outdoors:
110m Hurdles: 12.91, 20/09/1993, Stuttgart, Germany
100m: 10.29, 28/07/1990, Wrexham, Wales
200m: 21.0, 21/02/1988, Manchester, England
200m Hurdles: 22.63, 01/06/1991, Cardiff, Wales
Long Jump: 7.56, 31/08/1986, Tel Aviv, Israel
Indoors:
60m: 6.49, 11/03/1994, Paris, France
50m Hurdles: 6.4005/02/1999, Budapest, Hungary
60m Hurdles: 7.30, 06/03/1994, Sindelfingen, Germany

Jackson equalled the Welsh record of 13.69, held by Berwyn Price in his first British Senior meet in Cottbus, Germany on the 23rd August 1985.

He broke the Welsh record in Wrexham with a time of 13.62 on the 8th of June 1986 and held it for 18 years, lowering it 14 times from 13.69 to 12.91.

At 17 years old he took his first Welsh 110m hurdles title in 1984 with a time of 15.56.

Prior to his world record race at the Stuttgart World Championships in 1993, Jackson had won his last 13 races.

In his world record race in Stuttgart, Jackson’s reaction time from the blocks was 0.122 seconds.

Colin Ray Jackson (Athlete) Born in Cardiff on 18 February, 1967