Julian Golding

Julian Golding

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1975-02-17) 17 February 1975 (age 50) Harlesden, North West London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Medal record Athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 200 m 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 × 100 m relay Representing   Great Britain World Championships 1997 Athens 4 × 100 m relay European Championships 1998 Budapest 200 m

Julian Emmanuel Golding is a former international sprinter from England. ^[1]

Biography

Golding was born in Harlesden, North West London and attended St Augustine's Church of England High School in Kilburn, where he enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991. He was discovered by former Olympic sprinter Mike McFarlane, ^[2] after finishing second at the Westminster Schools Athletics Competition. On 18 July 2012, Golding graduated from Middlesex University with First Class Honours for Sports and Exercise Science with Teaching & Coaching. ^[3]

At the 1998 European Athletics Championships, Golding was favourite to win the gold medal in the 200 metres. After running a series of fast times and winning both heats and semi-finals convincingly, he was beaten by teammate Dougie Walker in the final, winning a bronze medal.

In the same year, he represented England and won two gold medals in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In the 200 metres he set a personal best time of 20.34 seconds in the semi-finals. In the 4 × 100 metres sprint relay, the team ran a new Commonwealth Games record of 38.20 seconds. He also helped the Great British 4 × 100-metre relay team to victory in the 1998 IAAF World Cup and European Cup, as well as running the last leg at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, in which Britain won bronze.

During the 1999 athletic season, Golding won the national title in 20.20 seconds (wind assisted) and continued that form, winning some high profile international Grand Prix events. The Crystal Grand Prix is considered to be one of Golding's best performances; he won the 200 metres from a world class field in the time of 20.23 seconds, running into a strong headwind of −1.1 metres per second. Golding went on to finish 7th in the final of the 1999 World Championships in Seville, and finished the year ranked number nine in the world.

He was part of Team GB's 4 × 100-metre relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but the team were disqualified in the first round. He failed to qualify for his preferred event, due to illness at the Olympic Trials. ^[2]

Golding was twice British 200 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1999 AAA Championships ^[7] and the 2003 AAA Championships.< ^[8]

Golding's last major competition was in 2003, where he represented Great Britain at the Paris World Championships. Three years later, he was forced to retire prematurely due to persistent injuries.

Julian is now a qualified P.E teacher working at St Mary Magdalene's Secondary Phase.^{[ citation needed ]}

Personal bests

His time of 20.18 seconds (−0.2) ranks him sixth on the 200 metres All-Time UK rankings, with only John Regis, Christian Malcolm, Linford Christie, Darren Campbell and Adam Gemili ahead of him.

• 100 metres – 10.28 (1998) ^[1]
• 200 metres – 20.18 (1998) ^[1]
• 150 metres – 15.39w (1995)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   United Kingdom and   England
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	8th	100 m	10.46 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
			9th (sf)	200 m	21.21 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.60
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	1st	200 m	20.46 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.99
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.14
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	200 metres	20.72
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.52
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	200 metres	20.18
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.20
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	3rd	200 metres	21.05

References

1. "Profile". World Athletics.
2. "Golding leaves the dark days behind". The Guardian.
3. "Former Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games gold medallist". Middlesex University.
4. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
7. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
8. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

External links

• Julian Golding at World Athletics