Christian Malcolm

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Medal record
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Bronze	2005 Helsinki	4x100 m relay
Bronze	2007 Osaka	4x100 m relay
Disqualified	2003 Paris	4x100 m relay

Christian Sean Malcolm (born June 3, 1979) is a British athlete, specialising in the 200m.

Malcolm was born in Newport, South Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds. At that year's Commonwealth Games, his 20.29 for the silver medal was a European Junior and Welsh senior record.

He took the 2000 European Indoor gold medal in 20.54, for a Welsh Indoor record. Outdoors he led off for the sprint relay team on the first day and ran a season's best of 20.45 to win the 200m on the second day at the European Cup. He went on to 2nd at the AAAs and to excel at the Olympic Games to take fifth place at 200m in 20.23.

In 2001 he took the World Indoor silver medal. Outdoors he was 3rd at 100m and 2nd at 200m at the AAAs and at the World Championships ran eight races to make the finals at both 100m and 200m.

After four second places at the AAAs, he at last won the 200m in 2005 in a narrow decision over Marlon Devonish and was also 3rd at 100m. He surprised even himself with a brilliant win at the European Cup in 20.15, his best time for five years.