Darren Campbell
Great Britain
Track & Field - 100 Meters
B: September 12, 1973
2004 Olympic Champion 4x100 Meter Relay
Darren made a very bright start to his athletics career
winning the 100m and 200m gold medals at the 1991 European Junior Championships held
in Thessaloniki, Greece and following this up with silver medals in the same events
a year later at the 1992 World Junior Championships, beating Ato Boldon both times.
But cursed with injury he took time off from athletics to play football for Plymouth
Argyle F.C. and Newport County A.F.C. amongst others. After returning to the track
in 1995 he was sufficiently recovered enough to represent Britain in the Summer Olympic
Games the following year and with a few hiccups along the way has made himself into
a regular in the national team. The 2000 Olympic Games saw him take a silver medal
in the 200 m. In 2001 Darren was again hit by injury, which made him miss the
majority of the year's competitions. 2002 saw Darren win the 100 m. at the European
Championships then compete in his home town at the Commonwealth Games. He could only
manage bronze in his individual event the 200 m. but brought home the gold in
the 4 x 100 m. relay . In 2003 Darren went to the Paris World Championships
where he took bronze again in the 100 m. and bettered this in the relay, taking
silver. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Campbell was suffering from a hamstring
injury and exited in the early rounds of both the 100 m and 200 m. However, along
with Gardener, Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis, he won a stunning gold medal in the
4 x 100 m. relay, where the quartet defeated the United States team
by just 0.01 seconds, in a season's best of 38.07.
| EVENT |
PLACE |
POINTS |
MONEY |
EVENT WINS |
| 2003 British Heat 2 |
6 |
17 |
N/A |
Football |
| TOTALS |
17 |
N/A |
1 |
PERSONAL BESTS
| Gym Tests - Squat Thrusts |
75 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Gym Tests - Dips |
37 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Gym Tests - Total |
112 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Kayaking |
56.05 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Golf - points |
2 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Football (Soccer Test) |
2 - 37.49 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| 800 Meter Run |
2:21.63 |
2003 British Heat 2 |
| Points Scored |
17 |
2003 British Heat 2 |