Chris Black (hammer thrower)

Chris Black

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(1950-01-01) 1 January 1950 (age 75) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Edinburgh Southern Harriers
Medal record Representing   Scotland Men's Athletics British Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton Hammer throw

Christopher Francis Black (born 1 January 1950) is a retired Scottish hammer thrower, who represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. ^{[1] [2]} Following his throwing career, Black was involved in the coaching of other athletes. He was indefinitely suspended from coaching and all athletics activities by UKA in September 2024 after a UKA disciplinary panel upheld 9 charges against Black. ^[3] These charges included, but were not limited to, sexually assaulting a young female athlete whom he was coaching at the time and sending her sexually explicit messages. In March 2018, Black was arrested by Police Scotland relating to these charges, but they were dismissed by the Procurator Fiscal Service in 2019 due to a lack of evidence. ^[4]

Biography

Black became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1976 AAA Championships. ^[5] Shortly afterwards at the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain in the hammer throw and finished in 7th place, throwing 73.18 metres ^[1]

After retaining his AAA title at the 1977 AAA Championships ^[6] he won a bronze medal representing Scotland at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada in the hammer throw event.

Black competed again at the Olympics when he represented Great Britain at the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow. ^[1] He won a third and final AAA title at the 1983 AAA Championships. ^[7]

He held the Scottish record for the hammer throw from 1983 to 2015. ^[8]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   Scotland
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	17th	71.18 m

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
2. "Chris Black". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
3. https://www.uka.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UKA-v-Black-Judgement_Redacted.pdf
4. "Former hammer thrower Chris Black arrested over sex offences". 4 March 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
5. "Weekend sport" . Birmingham Daily Post. 16 August 1976. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
7. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
8. "Mark Dry breaks Scottish hammer record at Loughborough International". The Herald. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

External links

• Chris Black at World Athletics