| Colin Walker | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom |
| Height: | 1.73m (05.68feet)[1] |
| Weight: | 61kg (134lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Club: | Gateshead Harriers |
Colin Frederick Walker, OLY (born 29 October 1962) is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Walker represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games, at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993, and won a bronze medal representing England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] [3] [4]
Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Walker won the AAAs Championship title four times (1989, 1991–93) and the UK Championship title twice (1987, 1992).[5] [6] His personal best in the event is 8:25.15, set when winning the AAAs Championships (incorporating the Olympic trial) in Birmingham in 1992.
| Representing / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 16th (h) | 3000 m | 8:17.02 | |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 3rd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:26.50 | |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 16th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:26.95 | ||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:30.69 | |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 17th (sf) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:34.82 | |
| World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 6th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:47.61 | ||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 23rd (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:36.22 | |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:27.78 | |
| World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:41.14 | ||
| (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf) | ||||||