Graham Williamson (athlete)

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Graham Williamson
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born15 June 1960
Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventmiddle-distance
ClubSpringburn Harriers
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Mexico City 1500 m

Graham Williamson (born 15 June 1960) is a retired Scottish athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. He is the 1979 Universiade 1500m champion and represented Great Britain at the 1983 World Championships. His Scottish record for the Mile of 3:50.64 has stood since 1982.

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Biography

Williamson was born in Glasgow and his running club was Springburn Harriers. [1]

Williamson finished second behind Steve Ovett in the 1500 metres event at the 1979 AAA Championships [2] and won the 1979 Summer Universiade 1500m title. [3]

He finished second again at the AAA Championships in 1982, this time behind Steve Cram, [4] before he finished fourth representing Scotland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia

He still holds the Scottish national records for the 1000 metres (2:16.82), the Mile run (3:50.64) and the 2000 metres (4:58.38), as well as multiple Scottish U20 records (800m/1500/Mile/300m). [5] He currently works for Adidas in Germany as Vice President of the tennis business unit[ citation needed ] and has a son who is also an athlete. [6]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain / Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1977 World Cross Country Championships (Junior race) Düsseldorf, Germany43rd7.5 km24:57
1979 World Cross Country Championships (Junior race) Limerick, Ireland23rd7.4 km23:48
European Cup Turin,Italy3rd1500 m3:38.34
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico1st1500 m3:45.37
1981 World Cross Country Championships Madrid, SpainDNF12 km—
1982 European Championships Athens, GreeceDNF (fell)1500 m3:43.01 (heats)
Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia4th1500 m3:43.84
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland23rd (sf)1500 m3:45.84
(sf) Indicates overall position in semifinals

References

  1. ↑ "Profile of Graham WILLIAMSON - All-Athletics.com".
  2. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "World Student Games (Universiade - Men)".
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Under-20 - scotstats".
  6. ↑ "National XC diary: Scotland vests; Williamson; Janice; Walter - Scottish Athletics". 25 February 2016.
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