Chris Rawlinson

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Chris Rawlinson

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1972-05-19) 19 May 1972 (age 53) Rotherham, England
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles, 4 x 400 metres relay
Club	Trafford AC
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Great Britain IAAF World Cup 2002 Madrid 400 m hurdles European Cup 2000 Gateshead 400 m hurdles 2003 Florence 400 m hurdles 2004 Bydgoszcz 400 m hurdles 2000 Gateshead 4x400 m relay 2003 Florence 4x400 m relay 2002 Annecy 400 m hurdles Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 4x400 m relay 1997 Catania 4x400 m relay Representing   England Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 400 m hurdles 2002 Manchester 4x400 m relay

Christopher Lee Rawlinson (born 19 May 1972) is a former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metre hurdles. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

A graduate of Loughborough University, Rawlinson competed in the pole vault, decathlon and 110 m hurdles in his early career, Rawlinson found the gruelling 400 m hurdles to be his best event.^{[ citation needed ]}

Rawlinson won the first of his seven British titles after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1998 AAA Championships. ^[2] The others came from 1999 to 2004. ^[3]

At both the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he represented Great Britain in the 400 metres hurdles. ^[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 Zürich, Switzerland. In the build-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Rawlinson was ranked number five in the world by the IAAF. Until 2020 Rawlinson held the world best of 34.48 seconds for the rarely run 300 m hurdles, which he set at Sheffield, England on 30 June 2002. ^[4]

Rawlinson retired from competitive athletics at the end of 2005 at the age of 33. ^[5]

He married Australian athlete Jana Pittman on 31 March 2006.^{[ citation needed ]} and is now married to Catherine Clark, sports administrator, they have 2 sons.^{[ citation needed ]}

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	4 x 400 m relay
	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
			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
			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
			2nd	4 x 400 m relay
	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	400 m hurdles
			4th	4 × 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

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
4. GBR Athletics
5. Athlete profile - chris rawlinson.

External links

• Chris Rawlinson at IMDb
• Chris Rawlinson at World Athletics