- Chris Rawlinson
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Christopher ("Chris") Lee Rawlinson (born: 19 May 1972 in Rotherham, England) is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.
He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators.
After trying the pole vault, decathlon and 110 m hurdles in his early career Chris has found the gruelling 400 m hurdles to be his number one event.
A graduate of Loughborough University, Chris holds the world best of 34.48 seconds for the rarely run 300 m hurdles, which he set at Sheffield, England on 30 June 2002.[1]
In July 2004 he ranked third on the United Kingdom all-time list for the 400 m hurdles with a time of 48.14 seconds, set in 1999 at Zurich, Switzerland. In the build-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Chris was ranked number five in the world by the IAAF.
Rawlinson retired from competitive athletics at the end of 2005 at the age of 33.[2] He married Australian athlete Jana Pittman on 31 March 2006.
Major achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 1997 Universiade Catania, Italy 3rd 4 x 400 m relay World Championships Athens, Greece 5th (heats) 400 m hurdles 1999 Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2nd 4 x 400 m relay 2000 European Cup Gateshead, England 1st 400 m hurdles 2nd 4 x 400 m relay Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 6th (semis) 400 m hurdles IAAF Grand Prix Final Doha, Qatar 6th 400 m hurdles 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th 400 m hurdles 2002 European Cup Annecy, France 3rd 400 m hurdles Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 1st 400 m hurdles 1st 4 x 400 m relay European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd (semis) 400 m hurdles IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 8th 400 m hurdles IAAF World Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd 400 m hurdles 2003 European Cup Florence, Italy 1st 400 m hurdles 2nd 4 x 400 m relay World Championships Paris, France 6th 400 m hurdles 4th 4 x 400 m relay IAAF World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th 400 m hurdles 2004 European Cup Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 400 m hurdles Olympic Games Athens, Greece 8th (semis) 400 m hurdles IAAF World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th 400 m hurdles 2005 European Cup Florence, Italy 6th 400 m hurdles 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 8th 400 m hurdles References
External links
- IAAF profile for Chris Rawlinson
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 400 m Hurdles 1930 – 1966: 440 yards Hurdles • 1970 – Present: 400 metres Hurdles 1930: Lord Burghley (ENG) • 1934: Alan Hunter (SCO) • 1938: John Loaring (CAN) • 1950: Duncan White (CEY) • 1954: David Lean (AUS) • 1958: Gert Potgieter (SAF) • 1962: Ken Roche (AUS) • 1966: Ken Roche (AUS) • 1970: John Sherwood (ENG) • 1974: Alan Pascoe (ENG) • 1978: Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN) • 1982: Garry Brown (AUS) • 1986: Phil Beattie (NIR) • 1990: Kriss Akabusi (ENG) • 1994: Samuel Matete (ZAM) • 1998: Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) • 2002: Chris Rawlinson (ENG) • 2006: L. J. van Zyl (RSA) • 2010: Dai Greene (WAL)
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- English athletes
- British hurdlers
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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