Colin Jackson is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of British Athletics. Colin almost hung up his spikes in front of a roaring home crowd at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 1999. However, he went on to compete in the 2000 Olympics. In 2002 he won European outdoor and indoor golds along with a Commonwealth silver. It 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 ranked in the world top 10 for 16 years. He was World No.1 from 1992 1994.
Colin 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.
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 will also continue to be seen commentating for BBC Sports programmes. These include continued coverage of indoor and outdoor international athletics. He was an integral part of the impressive line up covering the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in Athens.
Colin Jackson now has a corporate speaking career and in his spare time can be found skiing. This was something he was never allowed to do when competing!