Colin Walker (runner)

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Colin Walker

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| image =

| imagesize = 180px

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| 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}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/colin-walker-1.html Sports-Reference profile]

| 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}} }}

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Colin Frederick Walker (born 29 October 1962) is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase{{World Athletics}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{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}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37183|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Walker won the AAAs Championship title four times (1989, 1991–93) and the UK Championship title twice (1987, 1992).{{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 }}{{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}} 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\| (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

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