Christian Malcolm

Christian Malcolm ( born June 3, 1979 in Cardiff ) is a British sprinter.

Christian Malcolm won at the 1997 European Junior Championships in the 200 meter dash and the 4 x 100 - meter relay, in addition, he finished in the 100 - meter dash silver. The following year, he won at the Junior World Championships in the 100 and 200 meters. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games Malcolm won in 20.29 s silver behind Julian Golding and finished fourth with the Welsh relay, where he missed the bronze medal by 0.04 seconds. In 1999, he won Season gold in the U23 European Championships and two silver medals in the individual sections.

2000 Malcolm won at the European Indoor Championships in Ghent in the 200 - meter race in 20.54 s at the Olympic Games in Sydney he reached the 200 -meter final, finishing in 20.23 s fifth place, 0.03 seconds behind the bronze medal. At the World Indoor Championships in 2001 in Lisbon Malcolm won in 20.76 s silver behind the American Shawn Crawford in 20.63 s Outdoors Malcolm reached at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton on both sprint distances the final. About 100 meters he was seventh in 10.11 s, over 200 meters in 20.22 s he reached the fifth place. The seventh place in the 100 meters was changed years later, after the disqualification of Tim Montgomery in 6th place.

In 2002, he lost at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 20.65 s to 0.01 seconds against Poland Marcin Urbaś. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, he finished eighth in the 200 -meter run. Fourteen days later he missed the bronze medal over 200 meters at the European Championships in Munich in fourth place by 0.06 seconds. The British squadron in the cast Malcolm, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers won the season finale. This medal is the relay but was denied in retrospect, because Chambers was retrospectively banned for doping. The lock on Chambers covered the years 2002 and 2003, so that the British relay and the silver medal was stripped at the 2003 World Championships, where she was taken up in the same occupation as in Munich in 2002.

After Malcolm was excreted in the Olympics in Athens in the 200-meter semifinals, he won at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki bronze with Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis - Francis. Also at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, he reached Season bronze. The squadron in the cast Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis - Francis missed in 37.90 s silver to a hundredth of a second.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he was fifth on 200 m. About the same distance he won at the European Championships in Barcelona and silver reached at the 2011 World Championships semi-final.

Christian Malcolm is 1,74 m tall and weighs 67 kg.

Bests

• 50 m (Hall ): 5.81 s, February 24, 2002, Liévin
• 60 m (Hall ): 6.64 s, February 11, 2001 Cardiff
• 100 m: 10.11 s, August 5, 2001, Edmonton
• 200 m: 20.08 s, August 8, 2001, Edmonton Hall: 20.54 s, February 26, 2000 Gent