Craig Winrow

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Craig Winrow
Personal information
Born (1971-12-22) 22 December 1971 (age 52)
Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event800 m
ClubWigan Harriers

Craig Nicholas Winrow (born 22 December 1971 in Ormskirk) is a male retired English middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. [2]

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Early life

Winrow was educated at Burscough Priory High School in Burscough, Lancashire. As a 14 year old student in 1986, he "shattered" the Lancashire Schools' County Athletics Championships in the 800 metres (2,600 ft) event, finishing with a time of 2 minutes and 1.3 seconds, beating the previous best by 3 seconds. [3] At the age of 15, he was running 400 metres (1,300 ft) in 49 seconds and 800 metres (2,600 ft) in 1 minute 51.8 seconds, which was almost level with the UK age-best for his age group. By the age of 16, he was being sponsored by local computer firm Southport Hi-Tech, where he planned to join on a youth training scheme after leaving school. As a young athlete, he looked up to Steve Ovett and was aiming to compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1987, he was described by The Guardian as being "the most exciting 800-metre prospect in Britain since the schooldays of Cram and Coe." [4] Success in athletics came relatively early during his school days, having originally been a sprinter and was described as having "the heritage of a sprint finish that has subsequently devastated his peers". [5]

Athletics career

In the summer of 1989, he was the winner of the 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships 800-metre event in Varaždin, Yugoslavia, having initially trailed but overtook everyone on the final lap to victory. He loved running and was known to tell others what they were missing, suggesting that if he wasn't running then he may be "working in a packing factory or something." [5]

He represented England in the 800 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [6] [7] [8] He represented Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals. [9]

His personal bests in the event are 1:45.23 outdoors (Rome 1996) and 1:47.78 indoors (Glasgow 1994).

Coaching

Nowadays he works as a coach. He has trained, among others, Andrew Osagie and Adelle Tracey.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain and Flag of England.svg  England
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 1st800 m1:50.01
6th4x400 m relay3:12.61
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2nd4x400 m relay 3:03.80
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 14th (h)800 m 1:49.88
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th800 m 1:47.09
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 4th800 m 1:46.91
World Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd800 m 1:47.16
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 21st (sf)800 m 1:48.57

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References

  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. Craig Winrow at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Craig shatters schools' record". The Ormskirk Advertiser. 19 June 1986. p. 11.
  4. "A star making tracks". The Guardian. 28 October 1987. p. 27.
  5. 1 2 "A Winrow on high". The Observer. 17 June 1990. p. 22.
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