Graeme Fell

Graeme Fell

Personal information
Born	19 March 1959 (1959-03-19) (age 66) Dagenham, Essex, England
Medal record Men's athletics Commonwealth Games Representing   Canada 1986 Edinburgh 3000 m steeplechase 1994 Victoria 3000 m steeplechase Representing   England 1982 Brisbane 3000 m steeplechase

Graeme Vincent Fell (born 19 March 1959 in Dagenham, Essex, England) is a male former 3000 metres steeplechase runner.

Athletics career

Fell competed for England at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase behind Julius Korir of Kenya. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1984, he took Canadian citizenship and competed for Canada at both the 1986 and 1994 Commonwealth Games (winning gold and bronze medals in the 3000m steeplechase). ^[3] He also competed in two Olympics for Canada, in 1988 in Seoul (where he finished 11th in the steeplechase final) and in 1992 in Barcelona. In 1985, in Koblenz, he ran a personal best in the 3000 m steeplechase of 8:12.58, which stood as the Canadian national record for the event until 2013, when the record was broken by Matthew Hughes.

In 1985, he was a co-founder of the Vancouver Sun Run which he won twice in 1986 and 1987. In 2004, he was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. He currently resides in Vancouver and coaches middle and long distance running. He also currently teaches grade six and seven students at Sir William Osler Elementary School. He teaches physical education, english, math, science and writing. In his debut marathon, Graeme Fell won the 1994 California International Marathon in a time of 2:16:13. ^[4]

Achievements

All results regarding 3000 metres steeplechase unless stated

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Great Britain /   England
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	8:34.30
	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	8:26.64
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	8:20.01
Representing   Canada
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	3rd	8:40.30
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	1st	8:24.49
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	8:16.46
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	11th	8:21.73
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	4th	8:27.64
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	14th	9:01.73 (fell)
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	28th (q)	8:50.87
1994	Goodwill Games	Saint Petersburg, Russia	4th	8:26.25
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	8:23.28
			17th (q)	14:04.42 (5000 m)
	California International Marathon	California, United States	1st	2:16:13
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (q)	8:24.74

(q) indicates overall position achieved in qualifying rounds.

References

1. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
2. "1982 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
4. "CIM Story 5". Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.

External links

• Graeme Fell at World Athletics
• Graeme Fell at Athletics Canada
• Graeme Fell at Team Canada
• Graeme Fell at Olympedia
• Graeme Vincent Fell at Olympics.com
• Graeme Vincent Fell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)