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Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, [2] became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion.
Some of the more notable Welsh athletes include Lynn Davies, gold medalist in the long jump in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed 'Lynn the Leap', Davies was also the flagbearer for the Great Britain team in the 1968 games and is the only Welsh athlete to have won gold in an individual Olympic track and field event.
He was the first Welsh person to win individual Olympic gold in a field event. He was 18th in the 1972 Olympic long jump, [3] his selection being something of a surprise at the time. [citation needed] Outside the Olympics, Davies was the 1966 European champion in the long jump and was the silver medallist three years later.
The total number of medals won by Welsh athletes at the Paris Olympics is now 12, although there have been 13 medallists with some team events included in the tally. So Welsh athletes have won ...
Cecil Redvers Griffiths (18 February 1900 – 11 April 1945) was a Welsh athlete who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was subsequently barred from competing at the 1924 Summer Olympics due to a ruling that he had competed as a professional during his early career, but continued to successfully race in domestic competitions.
BBC Sport Wales picks out eight athletes to watch as the countdown continues towards this year's Olympic Games.
Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE (born 5 January 1974) is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is a former European , Commonwealth Games and World 4 × 400 metres relay champion.
In 1999, he won his first of three Welsh 400 metres titles. [5] He also competed at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships that year, in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay. [6] He won his heat of the 400 metres hurdles with a season's best of 50.84, before finishing last by over a second and a half in the final.