Douglas Walker (sprinter)

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Dougie Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born28 July 1973
Inverness, Scotland
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventSprints
Club Edinburgh AC
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Sicily 4 × 100 metres

Douglas Walker (born 28 July 1973), also known as Doug or Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter. He represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 1994 and 1998. He was a relay medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and at the 1998 European Athletics Championships he claimed a 200 metres/relay gold medal double.

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Biography

Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. With 31.56 seconds he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run.

Walker was twice British 200 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1997 AAA Championships [1] and the 1998 AAA Championships. [2]

He tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in 1998 but was cleared of all charges by a UK Athletics disciplinary committee in 1999. [3] IAAF later overturned that decision, applying their strict liability rule and he received a two-year ban in 2000. Despite an attempted comeback following his suspension, the ban effectively ended his elite level athletics career. [4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain and Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece3rd4 × 100 m relay
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st200 metres
1st4 × 100 m relay

References

  1. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (22 October 2011). "Athletics: Walker cleared of drug charge". The Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 20 AUG 2000 Arbitration Panel decide that Cadogan, Walker and Christie have committed doping offences. iaaf.org
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