Luke Watson (sprinter)

Luke Watson
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1957-11-19) 19 November 1957
Sport
Sport Sprinting
Event(s) 200 metres

Luke "Buster" Watson (born 19 November 1957) is a British sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He represented Great Britain at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

At national level he was a double sprint champion at the 1983 UK Athletics Championships and was also 100 metres runner-up in 1982 and 200 metres runner-up in 1984.[2] At the AAA Championships he was 200 m in 1982, 1984 and 1985, as well as 100 m runner-up in 1978.[3] He placed second in the 60 metres behind Ghana's Ernest Obeng at the AAA Indoor Championships in 1984.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 8th 200 m 20.88
1983 World Championships Finland Helsinki 7th (qf) 100 m 10.57 wind +1.1
5th (qf) 200 m 20.99 wind +1.6
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 6th (qf) 200 m 21.14

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Luke Watson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ↑ UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ↑ AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ AAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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