Colin Kirkham

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Colin Kirkham
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1944-10-30) 30 October 1944 (age 80)
Nottingham, England
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventLong-distance running/Marathon
Club Coventry Godiva Harriers

Colin Kirkham (born 30 October 1944) is a male British retiredlong-distance runner who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Kirkham studied Mathematics at Durham University, where he was a member of St Cuthbert's Society and won the Northern Counties Marathon Championship. [2] He taught Maths at Arley, Warwickshire [3] and at Coleshill School, Warwickshire.

Kirkham represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. [4] The following year Kirkham finished third behind Ian Thompson in the marathon event at the 1973 AAA Championships. [5]

He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand [6] [7] [8] and would podium on two more occasions at the 1975 AAA Championships and the 1977 AAA Championships. [9] In December 1981 he won the Tiberias Marathon in Israel.

References

  1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. "Former Durham student Olympic possible". Palatinate (226): 12. 13 June 1968. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. Coventry Standard Thursday 25 July 1968, page 19
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Colin Kirkham Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  6. "1974 Games". Team England.
  7. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  8. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  9. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2025.