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Colin Jackson

1967 - Today

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Colin Ray Jackson, (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, became world champion twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was twice Commonwealth champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Jackson has received more than 1,897,403 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Jackson is the 2,519th most popular athlete (down from 1,446th in 2019), the 6,299th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,464th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Athlete.

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  • 31

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  • 1.65

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  • 4.93

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Colin Jackson ranks 2,519 out of 3,059Before him are Anzhelika Sidorova, Corinne Niogret, Natalia Rodríguez, Susanna Kallur, Anastasia Kelesidou, and Josia Thugwane. After him are Bryan Clay, Natasa Dusev-Janics, Brenda Phillips, Marina Shmonina, Kim Jung-hwan, and Evgeny Ustyugov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Colin Jackson ranks 675Before him are Toninho Cecílio, Tõnu Tõniste, Akinobu Yokouchi, Sipan Shiraz, Ana Gasteyer, and Nick Nurse. After him are Edinho Baiano, Walter Kogler, Hisashi Tsuchida, Fátima Báñez, Steven Levitt, and Chris Vrenna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Jackson ranks 6,299 out of 7,765Before him are Jack Whitehall (1988), Sam Underwood (1987), Skepta (1982), Neil Adams (1958), Arlene Foster (1970), and Tyrone Mings (1993). After him are Chesney Hawkes (1971), Mitch Hewer (1989), Sheila Chandra (1965), Darren Bent (1984), Dwain Chambers (1978), and Gordon McQueen (1952).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Colin Jackson ranks 86Before him are John Disley (1928), Sarah Stevenson (1983), Richard Meade (1938), Jean Pickering (1929), Alan Pascoe (1947), and Derek Ibbotson (1932). After him are Dwain Chambers (1978), Brendan Foster (1948), Andy Holmes (1959), Peter Elliott (1962), Steve Cram (1960), and Kelly Holmes (1970).