Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
competed under the shortened name Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the 2006 European Athletics Championships held in Sweden.
100 m: Tyrone Edgar
, Mark Lewis-Francis
, Dwain Chambers
200 m: Marlon Devonish
, Rikki Fifton
, Tim Abeyie
400 m: Tim Benjamin
, Graham Hedman
, Robert Tobin
800 m: Sam Ellis
, Michael Rimmer
, Richard Hill
1,500 m: Andrew Baddeley, Stephen Davies, Michael East
5,000 m: Mohammed Farah
, Nick McCormick, Chris Thompson
Marathon: Thomas Abyu, Hugh Lobb, Peter Riley, Dan Robinson
3,000 m Steeplechase: Adam Bowden
, Jermaine Mays
110 m Hurdles: William Sharman
, Andrew Turner
400 m Hurdles: David Hughes, Dai Greene, Rhys Williams
, Ryan Dinham
4x100 m Relay: Tim Abeyie
, Darren Campbell
, Dwain Chambers
, Marlon Devonish
, Tyrone Edgar
, Rikki Fifton
, Mark Lewis-Francis
4x400 m Relay: Tim Benjamin
, Graham Hedman
, Robert Tobin
, Rhys Williams
, Richard Strachan
, Richard Buck
High Jump: Martyn Bernard
, Germaine Mason
, Adam Scarr
Long Jump: Nathan Morgan
, Greg Rutherford
, Chris Tomlinson
Triple Jump: Nathan Douglas
, Phillips Idowu
, Larry Achike
Shotput: Carl Myerscough
Javelin: Michael Allen, Nick Nieland
Decathlon: Dean Macey
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100 m: Joice Maduaka
, Anyika Onuora
, Emma Ania
400 m: Christine Ohuruogu
, Nicola Sanders
, Marilyn Okoro
800 m: Becky Lyne
, Jemma Simpson
, Amanda Pritchard
1,500 m: Lisa Dobriskey
, Becky Lyne
, Helen Clitheroe
5,000 m: Jo Pavey
, Hayley Yelling
, Kathy Butler
10,000 m: Cathy Butler, Mara Yamauchi
, Hayley Yelling
Marathon: Tracey Morris
3,000 m Steeplechase: Hatti Dean
100 m Hurdles: Gemma Bennett, Sarah Claxton
, Sara McGreavy
400 m Hurdles: Natasha Danvers-Smith, Lee McConnell
, Emma Duck
4x100 m Relay: Emma Ania
, Montell Douglas
, Emily Freeman
, Joice Maduaka
, Anyika Onuora
, Laura Turner
4x400 m Relay: Nicola Sanders
, Christine Ohuruogu
, Lee McConnell
, Emma Duck
, Jenny Meadows
, Marilyn Okoro
Pole Vault: Kate Dennison
, Ellie Spain
Long Jump: Kelly Sotherton
, Jade Johnson
Hammer: Zoe Derham
, Shirley Webb
Javelin: Goldie Sayers
Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis
, Kelly Sotherton
, Louise Hazel
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competed under the shortened name Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the 2006 European Athletics Championships held in Sweden.
Results
List of Britain's results, where athletes reached the final in that event (performances in heats, quarter-finals and semi-finals are not included.)Position | Athlete | Event | Result | Record |
1 | |Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay... , Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... , Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent... , Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold... |
4x100 m M | 38.91 | |
2 | |Greg Rutherford Greg Rutherford Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England... |
Long Jump M | 8.13 | |
2 | |Anyika Onuora Anyika Onuora Anyika Onuora is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay.Her first major junior international competition was the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, where she finished fifth in the 100 m event and won a silver medal with... , Emma Ania Emma Ania Emma Ania is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain.Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman... , Emily Freeman Emily Freeman Emily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC.... , Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion... |
4x100 m W | 43.51 | |
2 | |Nathan Douglas Nathan Douglas Nathan James Douglas is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres... |
Triple Jump M | 17.21 | |
2 | |Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres... |
5000 m M | 13:44.79 | |
2 | |Robert Tobin Robert Tobin Robert "Rob" John Tobin is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.-Personal life:... , Rhys Williams Rhys Williams (athlete) Rhys Williams , is a Welsh professional athlete, specializing in the 400 m hurdles.-Early life:Williams was born in Bridgend, the son of former Welsh international rugby union player J.J. Williams. Rhys studied at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari from September 1995 until June 2002... , Graham Hedman Graham Hedman Graham Hedman is a British sprinter. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, he won the silver medal in the 4x400 m relay along with Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams and Timothy Benjamin, in a time of 3:01.63.-Personal bests:100 m 10.64 sec 200 m 21.02 400 m 45.84 400 L 45.0... , Timothy Benjamin Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm... |
4x400 m M | 3:01.63 | |
3 | |Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent... |
200 m M | 20.54 | |
3 | | Andy Turner | 110 m H M | 13.52 | |
3 | | Rhys Williams Rhys Williams (athlete) Rhys Williams , is a Welsh professional athlete, specializing in the 400 m hurdles.-Early life:Williams was born in Bridgend, the son of former Welsh international rugby union player J.J. Williams. Rhys studied at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari from September 1995 until June 2002... |
400 m H M | 49.12 | |
3 | |Becky Lyne Becky Lyne Rebecca "Becky" Lyne , is an English middle-distance runner, specialising in 800 and 1,500 metre races.Lyne attended Tapton School in Sheffield .... |
800 m W | 1:58.45 | |
3 | |Sam Ellis Sam Ellis (athlete) Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships... |
800 m M | 1:46.64 | |
4 | Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion... |
100 m W | 11.24 | |
4 | Jo Pavey Jo Pavey Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games... |
5000 m W | 15:01.41 | |
4 | Lee McConnell Lee McConnell Lee McConnell is a Scottish athlete, who competes in the 400 metres. She attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow before graduating from Loughborough University in 2000 with a degree in Sports Science. She became the Scottish 200 metres champion in 2002, and 2005. She also won the 400... , Emma Duck Emma Duck Emma Duck is a British international track athlete known for the 400 metres and the 400 metre hurdles. She is current with Southampton, under coach Todd Bennett.-Track career:... , Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... , Nicola Sanders Nicola Sanders Nicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships... |
4x400 m W | 3:28.17 | |
5 | Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold... |
100 m M | 10.16 | |
5 | Phillips Idowu Phillips Idowu Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper... |
Triple Jump M | 17.02 | |
6 | Andrew Baddeley | 1500 m M | 3:42.31 | |
6 | Tim Benjamin Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm... |
400 m M | 45.89 | |
6 | Nicola Sanders Nicola Sanders Nicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships... |
400 m W | 50.79 | |
6 | Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... |
100 m M | 10.24 | |
6 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | 400 m H W | 55.56 | |
7 | Kelly Sotherton Kelly Sotherton Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth... |
Heptathlon | 6290 | |
8 | Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles... |
Heptathlon | 6287 | PB |
8 | Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school... |
800 m M | 1:47.66 | |
9 | Chris Tomlinson Chris Tomlinson Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump... |
Long Jump M | 7.74 | |
11 | Nathan Morgan Nathan Morgan Nathan Morgan is an English long jumper with a personal best of 8.26 metres. He is the former British record holder, but is currently third on the British all time long jump list, just three centimetres behind Chris Tomlinson and 4 cm below the record-holder, Greg Rutherford.At the 2002... |
Long Jump M | 7.65 | |
11 | Nick Nieland Nick Nieland Dr Nicholas Nieland is a British javelin thrower.He was the British number three for many years... |
Javelin M | 76.92 | |
11 | Helen Clitheroe Helen Clitheroe Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a British middle- and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing... |
1500 m W | 4:09.73 | |
12 | Kathy Butler Kathy Butler Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School.... |
10,000 m W | 32:01.04 | SB |
12 | Nick McCormick | 5,000 m M | 14:06.18 | |
12 | Goldie Sayers Goldie Sayers Goldie Sayers, born Katherine Dinah Sayers , is a British javelin thrower. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new UK record in the javelin , thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since javelins were redesigned in 1999... |
Javelin W | 54.70 | |
13 | Mara Yamauchi Mara Yamauchi Mara Rosalind Yamauchi is a British long distance track, and road running athlete. She currently holds the second fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind the world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe.... |
10,000 m W | 32:07.90 | |
15 | Hayley Yelling Hayley Yelling Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009.... |
10,000 m W | 32:12.50 | |
16 | Tracey Morris | Marathon W | 2:37:34 | |
16 | Dan Robinson Dan Robinson (athlete) Daniel Stephen Robinson is an English long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Games.... |
Marathon M | 2:16:06 | |
17 | Louise Hazel Louise Hazel Louise Victoria Hazel is an English athlete from March, Cambridgeshire, who specialises in the multi-event heptathlon. She has competed in four major international championships. The first was in 2006 when she came 17th at the European Championships and the second was three years later when she... |
Heptathlon | 5894 | PB |
20 | Huw Lobb | Marathon M | 2:17:17 | |
27 | Tomas Abyu | Marathon M | 2:20:45 | |
Men
100 m: Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships...
, Mark Lewis-Francis
Mark Lewis-Francis
Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...
, Dwain Chambers
Dwain Chambers
Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...
200 m: Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...
, Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...
, Tim Abeyie
Tim Abeyie
Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....
400 m: Tim Benjamin
Timothy Benjamin
Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm...
, Graham Hedman
Graham Hedman
Graham Hedman is a British sprinter. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, he won the silver medal in the 4x400 m relay along with Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams and Timothy Benjamin, in a time of 3:01.63.-Personal bests:100 m 10.64 sec 200 m 21.02 400 m 45.84 400 L 45.0...
, Robert Tobin
Robert Tobin
Robert "Rob" John Tobin is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.-Personal life:...
800 m: Sam Ellis
Sam Ellis (athlete)
Sam Ellis is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...
, Michael Rimmer
Michael Rimmer
Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...
, Richard Hill
Richard Hill (athlete)
Richard Hill is an English 800m runner. He has run for Great Britain , Notts AC and UWIC.On 10 June 2006, Richard won the A-race of the BMC Grand Prix event at Watford in a time of 1:45.10. This time made Richard British No 1 for 2006...
1,500 m: Andrew Baddeley, Stephen Davies, Michael East
5,000 m: Mohammed Farah
Mohammed Farah
Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...
, Nick McCormick, Chris Thompson
Marathon: Thomas Abyu, Hugh Lobb, Peter Riley, Dan Robinson
Dan Robinson (athlete)
Daniel Stephen Robinson is an English long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Games....
3,000 m Steeplechase: Adam Bowden
Adam Bowden
Adam Bowden is a British international triathlete and former international runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Early Life and Education:...
, Jermaine Mays
Jermaine Mays
Jermaine Mays is a professional American and Canadian football cornerback for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Vikings in 2003...
110 m Hurdles: William Sharman
William Sharman
William "Will" Sharman is a British athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He started his career as a junior high jumper and decathlete, but focused entirely on hurdling after a shoulder injury. He made his international debut for Great Britain at the 2006 European Athletics...
, Andrew Turner
Andy Turner (athlete)
Andrew Steven "Andy" Turner is an English track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles, and occasionally the 100 and 200 metres sprints as well as long jump...
400 m Hurdles: David Hughes, Dai Greene, Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams (athlete)
Rhys Williams , is a Welsh professional athlete, specializing in the 400 m hurdles.-Early life:Williams was born in Bridgend, the son of former Welsh international rugby union player J.J. Williams. Rhys studied at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari from September 1995 until June 2002...
, Ryan Dinham
4x100 m Relay: Tim Abeyie
Tim Abeyie
Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....
, Darren Campbell
Darren Campbell
Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...
, Dwain Chambers
Dwain Chambers
Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...
, Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...
, Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships...
, Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...
, Mark Lewis-Francis
Mark Lewis-Francis
Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...
4x400 m Relay: Tim Benjamin
Timothy Benjamin
Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm...
, Graham Hedman
Graham Hedman
Graham Hedman is a British sprinter. At the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, he won the silver medal in the 4x400 m relay along with Robert Tobin, Rhys Williams and Timothy Benjamin, in a time of 3:01.63.-Personal bests:100 m 10.64 sec 200 m 21.02 400 m 45.84 400 L 45.0...
, Robert Tobin
Robert Tobin
Robert "Rob" John Tobin is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.-Personal life:...
, Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams (athlete)
Rhys Williams , is a Welsh professional athlete, specializing in the 400 m hurdles.-Early life:Williams was born in Bridgend, the son of former Welsh international rugby union player J.J. Williams. Rhys studied at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari from September 1995 until June 2002...
, Richard Strachan
Richard Strachan (athlete)
Richard Strachan is a British athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres.-External links:*IAAF profile for...
, Richard Buck
Richard Buck
Richard Thomas Buck is a British sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He is from York, and trains in Loughborough, his current club is City of York A.C, , previously he had an 18 month spell at Scarborough A.C. He has been trained by his grandfather, Geoff Barraclough...
High Jump: Martyn Bernard
Martyn Bernard
Martyn John Bernard is a British athlete competing in high jump.He has won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.In Osaka in 2007 he set an outdoor best of 2.29 in qualifying, and in the final after...
, Germaine Mason
Germaine Mason
Germaine Mason is a Jamaican-born athlete competing in high jump. In 2006 he switched sporting allegiance, and now represents Great Britain. He attended Wolmer's School in Kingston...
, Adam Scarr
Long Jump: Nathan Morgan
Nathan Morgan
Nathan Morgan is an English long jumper with a personal best of 8.26 metres. He is the former British record holder, but is currently third on the British all time long jump list, just three centimetres behind Chris Tomlinson and 4 cm below the record-holder, Greg Rutherford.At the 2002...
, Greg Rutherford
Greg Rutherford
Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England...
, Chris Tomlinson
Chris Tomlinson
Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump...
Triple Jump: Nathan Douglas
Nathan Douglas
Nathan James Douglas is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres...
, Phillips Idowu
Phillips Idowu
Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper...
, Larry Achike
Shotput: Carl Myerscough
Carl Myerscough
Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....
Javelin: Michael Allen, Nick Nieland
Nick Nieland
Dr Nicholas Nieland is a British javelin thrower.He was the British number three for many years...
Decathlon: Dean Macey
Dean Macey
Dean Macey is an English athlete from Canvey Island. He is best known for competing in the decathlon, which he did from 1995 to 2008, winning World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals, as well as twice finishing fourth in the Olympic Games...
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Women
100 m: Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...
, Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay.Her first major junior international competition was the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, where she finished fifth in the 100 m event and won a silver medal with...
, Emma Ania
Emma Ania
Emma Ania is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain.Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman...
400 m: Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE is an English athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion...
, Nicola Sanders
Nicola Sanders
Nicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships...
, Marilyn Okoro
Marilyn Okoro
Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...
800 m: Becky Lyne
Becky Lyne
Rebecca "Becky" Lyne , is an English middle-distance runner, specialising in 800 and 1,500 metre races.Lyne attended Tapton School in Sheffield ....
, Jemma Simpson
Jemma Simpson
Jemma Louise Simpson is a Cornish and British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is the current British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships...
, Amanda Pritchard
1,500 m: Lisa Dobriskey
Lisa Dobriskey
Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships....
, Becky Lyne
Becky Lyne
Rebecca "Becky" Lyne , is an English middle-distance runner, specialising in 800 and 1,500 metre races.Lyne attended Tapton School in Sheffield ....
, Helen Clitheroe
Helen Clitheroe
Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a British middle- and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
5,000 m: Jo Pavey
Jo Pavey
Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games...
, Hayley Yelling
Hayley Yelling
Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
, Kathy Butler
Kathy Butler
Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School....
10,000 m: Cathy Butler, Mara Yamauchi
Mara Yamauchi
Mara Rosalind Yamauchi is a British long distance track, and road running athlete. She currently holds the second fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind the world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe....
, Hayley Yelling
Hayley Yelling
Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
Marathon: Tracey Morris
3,000 m Steeplechase: Hatti Dean
Hatti Dean
Harriet Dean is a British long-distance runner.In August 2008 it was announced she would be unable to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to a stress fracture to her ankle....
100 m Hurdles: Gemma Bennett, Sarah Claxton
Sarah Claxton
Sarah Claxton is an English athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.She finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games...
, Sara McGreavy
Sara McGreavy
Sara McGreavy, born 13 December 1982 in Leamington Spa is an English and UK international athlete. Educated at North Leamington Community School and Arts College she excelled at cross-country. After joining the Leamington Cycling and Athletics Club she became interested in 100m hurdles. She won...
400 m Hurdles: Natasha Danvers-Smith, Lee McConnell
Lee McConnell
Lee McConnell is a Scottish athlete, who competes in the 400 metres. She attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow before graduating from Loughborough University in 2000 with a degree in Sports Science. She became the Scottish 200 metres champion in 2002, and 2005. She also won the 400...
, Emma Duck
Emma Duck
Emma Duck is a British international track athlete known for the 400 metres and the 400 metre hurdles. She is current with Southampton, under coach Todd Bennett.-Track career:...
4x100 m Relay: Emma Ania
Emma Ania
Emma Ania is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain.Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman...
, Montell Douglas
Montell Douglas
Montell Marcelle Douglas is a British sprinter and current British record holder for the 100 metres at 11.05.-Athletics career:...
, Emily Freeman
Emily Freeman
Emily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC....
, Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...
, Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay.Her first major junior international competition was the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, where she finished fifth in the 100 m event and won a silver medal with...
, Laura Turner
Laura Turner
Laura Kate Turner is a British sprinter who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics, in the 4 x 100m relay and the 100m....
4x400 m Relay: Nicola Sanders
Nicola Sanders
Nicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships...
, Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE is an English athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion...
, Lee McConnell
Lee McConnell
Lee McConnell is a Scottish athlete, who competes in the 400 metres. She attended Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow before graduating from Loughborough University in 2000 with a degree in Sports Science. She became the Scottish 200 metres champion in 2002, and 2005. She also won the 400...
, Emma Duck
Emma Duck
Emma Duck is a British international track athlete known for the 400 metres and the 400 metre hurdles. She is current with Southampton, under coach Todd Bennett.-Track career:...
, Jenny Meadows
Jenny Meadows
Jennifer Brenda "Jenny" Meadows is a British athlete. Her main event is the 800 m, although she previously competed over the 400 m.She is the third-fastest British woman over 800 m, behind Kelly Holmes and Kirsty Wade....
, Marilyn Okoro
Marilyn Okoro
Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...
Pole Vault: Kate Dennison
Kate Dennison
Kate Dennison is an English pole vaulter. She is the British indoor record holder in the Pole Vault and she was also the British outdoor record holder in the event before Holly Bleasdale jumped 4.70 in July 2011....
, Ellie Spain
Long Jump: Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth...
, Jade Johnson
Jade Johnson
Jade Linsey Johnson is an English athlete, specialising in long jump.She is allergic to sand.Johnson came second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Later she won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships...
Hammer: Zoe Derham
Zoe Derham
Zoe Lianne Derham is a female hammer thrower from England. Her personal best throw is 68.63 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Loughborough. This places her second on the British all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw, who is also her coach.-Achievements:-External links:**...
, Shirley Webb
Shirley Webb
Shirley Webb is a British hammer thrower and Gladiator. She was born in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England and is the daughter of Andrew Webb, a Scottish international hurdler who competed at the Commonwealth Games...
Javelin: Goldie Sayers
Goldie Sayers
Goldie Sayers, born Katherine Dinah Sayers , is a British javelin thrower. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new UK record in the javelin , thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since javelins were redesigned in 1999...
Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles...
, Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth...
, Louise Hazel
Louise Hazel
Louise Victoria Hazel is an English athlete from March, Cambridgeshire, who specialises in the multi-event heptathlon. She has competed in four major international championships. The first was in 2006 when she came 17th at the European Championships and the second was three years later when she...
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