Douglas Walker

Not to be confused with Douglas Darien Walker.

Douglas Walker (born July 28, 1973 in Inverness), commonly known as Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.

Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4x100m relay. With 31.56s he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run. He failed a drugs test in 1998 but was acquitted in 1999. On 13 May 2010 Walker made a try scoring debut for the legendary Glasgow Men-Gal Taggers.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
Representing United Kingdom and Scotland
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	4x100m relay
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	200 metres
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	4x100m relay

External reference

IAAF profile for Douglas Walker

European Champions in Men's 200 m

1934: Chris Berger (NED)
1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS)
1950: Brian Shenton (GBR)
1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG)
1958: Manfred Germar (FRG)
1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE)
1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA)
1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI)
1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS)
1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR)
1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS)
1990: John Regis (GBR)
1994: Geir Moen (NOR)
1998: Douglas Walker (GBR)
2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)
2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR)
2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)

European Champions in Men's 4 x 100 m relay

1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer)
1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring)
1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson)
1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov)
1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi)
1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar)
1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar)
1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck)
1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles)
1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman)
1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot)
1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin)
1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov)
1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin)
1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose)
1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma)
1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding)
2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash)
2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)
2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock)

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Name	Walker, Douglas
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Short description	British athlete
Date of birth	July 28, 1973
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