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The Welsh records in athletics are ratified by Welsh Athletics, Wales' governing body for the sport of athletics. A Welsh National Record can be set by any athlete with Welsh Qualification in worldwide competition.
This was followed in 1901 by the Welsh Professional Union, a body designed to promote and control professional foot and cycle racing in south Wales. [9] Professional athletics continued to develop in Wales and in 1903 the Welsh Powderhall, named after the famous stadium in Edinburgh, was established in Pontypridd and held at Taff Vale Park. The ...
In the 4 x 400 metres relay, Elias ran anchor leg in the final, losing out on the gold medal by 0.01 seconds as he was beaten by England's Daniel Caines to the line, whilst setting another Welsh record. [19] He competed in the 2002 European Athletics Championships in both the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay. [20]
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.
Welsh: Born 4 August 1955 (age ... 137 lb (62 kg) Sport; Country Great Britain Wales: Sport: Athletics: Event(s) ... is a Welsh athlete who set the world record in ...
Ron held the Welsh 100m record for 27 years until it was beaten by future world 110m hurdles record holder Colin Jackson with 10.29 in 1990. After his illustrious athletics career he became either the CEO or MD of three major football clubs in the English leagues.
List of Welsh records in athletics; W. Welsh 3000s; Welsh Athletics This page was last edited on 1 August 2015, at 02:42 (UTC). Text ...
Kirsty Margaret Wade (née McDermott, born 6 August 1962) is a British former middle-distance runner.She is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist representing Wales, winning the 800 metres in Brisbane 1982 and both the 800 metres and 1500 metres in Edinburgh 1986.