14 Facts About Chris Maddocks

Christopher Lloyd Maddocks was born on 28 March 1957 and is a male retired race walker from Great Britain.

Chris Maddocks competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.

Chris Maddocks broke the record again winning in Paris a month after the Olympics.

Chris Maddocks then retired from the sport on a "semi-basis" for two and a half years.

Chris Maddocks made his first Olympic appearance at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing his race in sixteenth place.

Chris Maddocks was runner up in the English Commonwealth Games trials in 1986, qualifying him for the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

In November 1989, Chris Maddocks was part of an invited elite field of international race walkers in the New York Marathon.

Chris Maddocks finished second behind Mexican Carlos Mercenario in a British record 3 hours 14 minutes 37 seconds.

Chris Maddocks injured his hamstring before the race but entered the race nonetheless; he fell behind the rest of the athletes.

Chris Maddocks entered the Stadium Australia as I'm Gonna Be by The Proclaimers was played over the loudspeakers in his honour, and as the 100,000 crowd cheered him on to finish.

Chris Maddocks's time was 4 hours, 52 minutes and 4 seconds, more than an hour after Robert Korzeniowski won the race.

Chris Maddocks won an award for services to athletics at the 2000 British Athletics Writers Awards, having become a freelance journalist following his retirement from professional athletics.

Chris Maddocks was an analyst for the racewalking events for American television network NBC in 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Chris Maddocks struggled with his inner demons for many years before writing his autobiography.