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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:British sportspeople. It includes British sportspeople that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
It includes British sportswomen that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Black British sportswomen" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total.
It includes British sportsmen that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Black British sportsmen" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,780 total.
Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is an English former athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England.During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4 × 400 metres relay gold medals at both the World and European ...
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
Harry Francis Vincent Edward (15 April 1898 – 8 July 1973), known as Harry Edward, was a German-British athlete in track; in 1920 he was Britain's first black Olympian and the first black person to win Olympic medals.
The fastest British woman on record, she won a gold medal in the 200 metres, silver in the 100 metres and another silver in the 4×100 m relay at the 2019 World Championships, breaking her own British records with further records which still stand. Aged 24, Asher-Smith was the first Briton to win three medals at a World Championships.
Bloomsbury recently published a book, Brilliant Black British History, celebrating the people who helped build Britain in the fields of science, sport, literature and law.