Former Olympic 110m Hurdler, World Champion Stuttgart 1993, Former World Record Holder 110m Hurdles & BBC Athletics Commentator & Presenter

Colin Jackson is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of British Athletics. He almost hung up his spikes in front of a roaring home crowd at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 1999. However, he then went on to compete in the 2000 Olympics. In 2002 he won European outdoor and also the indoor golds, along with a Commonwealth silver. This was a fitting end to the competitive career of one of the nations favourite sporting personalities, having decided to retire from the sport that he dominated for so long.

Colin Jackson World top 10 for 16 years. World No.1 from 1992 – 1994.

Colin Jackson 300x458Colin was never out of the world’s top 3 over a 7 year period. He was the reigning World Record Holder outdoors (12.91, World Title, Stuttgart 1993) and at 60mh indoors (7.30, Sindelfingen 1994) and since setting a European junior record of 13.44 in 1986, went on to set 7 European, 8 Commonwealth and 9 UK records at 110mh.

He is one of the most respected and loved of all British sports stars. Colin Jackson’s down to earth, approachable manner has endeared him to both public and media alike throughout his career. He is renowned as one of Britain’s most stylish and photographed sportsmen.

As a speaker, Colin’s inspiring talks have put Colin on almost every corporate speaker’s top ten list.
Colin kick-started his broadcasting career by co-hosting the BBC reality TV project ‘Born to Win‘, where he led the nation’s largest search for Britain’s new sporting talent and he continues to appear on our screens in programmes such as Celebrity Bargain Hunt, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and as a host on the BBC’s pre Eurovision programme ‘Making your Mind up’.

Alongside being on screen, Colin developed his creative passion for working behind the scenes. He took on a key role as development producer for BBC Sport Relief.

Meanwhile Colin Jackson CBE will also continue to be seen commentating for BBC Sports programmes. These include continued coverage of indoor and outdoor international athletics. He has remained an integral part of the impressive line ups covering the Olympics and also the Paralympics.

Colin Jackson now has a incredibly busy corporate speaking career but in his spare time can still be found skiing. This was something he was never allowed to do when competing!

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