Chris Rawlinson

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Christopher ("Chris") Lee Rawlinson (born: 19 May 1972 in Rotherham, England) is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.

He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators.

After trying the pole vault, decathlon and 110 m hurdles in his early career Chris has found the gruelling 400 m hurdles to be his number one event.

A graduate of Loughborough University, Chris holds the world best of 34.48 seconds for the rarely run 300 m hurdles, which he set at Sheffield, England on 30 June 2002.^[1]

In July 2004 he ranked third on the United Kingdom all-time list for the 400 m hurdles with a time of 48.14 seconds, set in 1999 at Zurich, Switzerland. In the build-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Chris was ranked number five in the world by the IAAF.

Rawlinson retired from competitive athletics at the end of 2005 at the age of 33.^[2] He married Australian athlete Jana Pittman on 31 March 2006.

Major achievements

1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	4 x 400 m relay
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th (heats)	400 m hurdles
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	2nd	4 x 400 m relay
2000	European Cup	Gateshead, England	1st	400 m hurdles
	European Cup	Gateshead, England	2nd	4 x 400 m relay
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	6th (semis)	400 m hurdles
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	6th	400 m hurdles
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	400 m hurdles
2002	European Cup	Annecy, France	3rd	400 m hurdles
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	400 m hurdles
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	4 x 400 m relay
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd (semis)	400 m hurdles
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	8th	400 m hurdles
	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	3rd	400 m hurdles
2003	European Cup	Florence, Italy	1st	400 m hurdles
	European Cup	Florence, Italy	2nd	4 x 400 m relay
	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	400 m hurdles
	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	4 x 400 m relay
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	400 m hurdles
2004	European Cup	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m hurdles
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th (semis)	400 m hurdles
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	400 m hurdles
2005	European Cup	Florence, Italy	6th	400 m hurdles
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	8th	400 m hurdles

References

External links

Chris Rawlinson profile at IAAF

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 400 m Hurdles

1930 – 1966: 440 yards Hurdles 1970 – Present: 400 metres Hurdles

1930: Lord Burghley (ENG) 1934: Alan Hunter (SCO) 1938: John Loaring (CAN) 1950: Duncan White (CEY) 1954: David Lean (AUS) 1958: Gert Potgieter (SAF) 1962: Ken Roche (AUS) 1966: Ken Roche (AUS) 1970: John Sherwood (ENG) 1974: Alan Pascoe (ENG) 1978: Daniel Kimaiyo (KEN) 1982: Garry Brown (AUS) 1986: Phil Beattie (NIR) 1990: Kriss Akabusi (ENG) 1994: Samuel Matete (ZAM) 1998: Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) 2002: Chris Rawlinson (ENG) 2006: L. J. van Zyl (RSA) 2010: Dai Greene (WAL)

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Name	Rawlinson, Chris
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Short description	British hurdler
Date of birth	19 May 1972
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