Paul Blagg

Paul Blagg

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1960-01-23) 23 January 1960 (age 65) Guildford, England
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walk
Club	Cambridge Harriers, Bexleyheath

Paul Blagg (born 23 January 1960) is a retired male race walker from England who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics. ^[1] * ^[2]

Biography

Blagg represented England in the 30 kilometres walk event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. ^{[3] [4]}

Blagg finished third behind Ian McCombie in the 10,000 metres walk event at the 1986 AAA Championships ^[5] and would reach the podium of the AAASs on three more occasions in 1988, 1989 and 1991. ^[6]

He set his personal best (3:59.55) in the 50 km race in 1987 and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he represented Great Britain in the 50km walk. ^[1] A second appearance for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona ensued. ^[1]

Blagg is now a successful trainer and rider in point to point horse races.^{[ citation needed ]}

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   United Kingdom and   England
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	19th	50 km	3:59:55
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	28th	50 km	4:00:07
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	—	50 km	DNF
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	22nd	50 km	4:35:22
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	30th	50 km	4:23:10

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
2. "Profile". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
3. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
6. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

• Paul Blagg at World Athletics