1. Christian Sean Malcolm was born on 3 June 1979 and is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres.
17 Facts About Christian Malcolm
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When Christian Malcolm was 15 years old, he was offered a contract by English football club Nottingham Forest, having had trials earlier with them and Queens Park Rangers as a young forward.
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Christian Malcolm was educated at two state schools in Newport: Eveswell Primary School and Hartridge High School.
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Christian Malcolm won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and at the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 100m in 10.12 seconds and the 200m in 20.44 seconds, becoming the second sprinter to achieve this double at the Junior Worlds, after Ato Boldon.
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Christian Malcolm's winning time in the 100m set a new Welsh senior and British junior record, and his winning margin of 0.22 seconds was the largest in the history of the 100m at the Junior Worlds at the time.
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Christian Malcolm took the 2000 European Indoor gold medal in 20.54, for a Welsh Indoor record.
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Christian Malcolm competed as part of the relay team the baton was dropped in the heats.
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Christian Malcolm set two new Welsh records at the Worlds, clocking 10.11 in the 100m final and 20.08 in the semi-finals of the 200m.
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Christian Malcolm represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Christian Malcolm competed at the 200 metres and placed second in his first round heat after Brian Dzingai in a time of 20.42 seconds.
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Christian Malcolm improved his time in the second round to 20.30 seconds and placed fourth in his race, normally not enough to advance to the semi-finals, but his time was among the four fastest losing times and he qualified after all.
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At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Christian Malcolm, representing Wales, was one of the favourites to win the men's 200m, and took the bronze medal.
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Christian Malcolm retired from competition in 2014 after failing to be selected to the Welsh team for that year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to injury.
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Christian Malcolm competed at four Commonwealth Games in total, sharing the record for most appearances at the Games by a Welsh track and field athlete with Ron Jones, Steve Jones, Colin Jackson and Berwyn Price.
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Christian Malcolm appeared at four Olympics, and shares the record for most appearances by a Welsh track and field athlete at the Olympics with Jackson.
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Christian Malcolm served as a performance coach with the Federation of Disability Sport Wales for three years, coaching Jordan Howe to a silver medal in the T35 100m and guiding Rhys Jones to a career-best fourth in the T37 100m at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, held in London.
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On 3 September 2020, British Athletics announced that Christian Malcolm had been appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.