Colin Jackson.

110m hurdles world record

12.91

Stuttgart, 20 August 1993. A world record for thirteen years, and still the British record today.

Colin Jackson CBE clearing a hurdle in competition at Newport
Steve Pope

Career in numbers

7.30

60m indoor world record — held 27 years

1

Olympic silver — Seoul 1988

2×

World champion

4×

European champion

2×

Commonwealth champion

25

Major championship medals

Championship honours

1986World Junior champion, 110m hurdles
1988Olympic silver medallist, Seoul
1990European champion & Commonwealth champion
1993World champion, Stuttgart — 12.91 world record
1994European champion; 60m hurdles indoor world record, 7.30
1998European champion
1999World champion, Seville; World Indoor champion
2002European champion; Commonwealth silver medallist
2003World Indoor finalist; retired from competition
Colin Jackson CBE in a gold and green floral blazer with an orange shirt, arms crossed

Recognition

1990 — MBE
For services to athletics.
1999 — OBE
For services to athletics.
2003 — CBE
For services to athletics.

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame · World Athletics Hall of Fame