Christian Malcolm

Malcolm was born and was brought up in Newport, where he still lives. He is of Jamaican descent.

When Malcolm was 15 years old, he was offered a contract by English football club Nottingham Forest, having had trials earlier with them and Queens Park Rangers as a young forward.[1] In a 1998 interview, Malcolm claimed he chose athletics as in his view it is a "friendlier sport and you're not as likely to get kicked around the pitch".[1]

Malcolm was educated at two state schools in Newport: Eveswell Primary School and Hartridge High School.

Malcolm won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds. At that year's Commonwealth Games, his 20.29 for the silver medal was a European Junior and Welsh senior record.

Malcolm took the 2000 European Indoor gold medal in 20.54, for a Welsh Indoor record. Outdoors he led off for the sprint relay team on the first day and ran a season's best of 20.45 to win the 200m on the second day at the European Cup. He went on to 2nd at the AAAs and to excel at the 2000 Olympics to take fifth place at 200m in 20.23.

In 2001, Malcolm took the World Indoor silver medal. Outdoors he was 3rd at 100m and 2nd at 200m at the AAAs and at the World Championships ran eight races to make the finals at both 100m and 200m, finishing 6th and 5th respectively. He also competed as part of the relay team, however, the baton was dropped in the heats.

After four-second places at the AAAs, Malcolm finally won the 200m in 2005 in a narrow decision over Marlon Devonish and was also 3rd at 100m. He surprised even himself with a brilliant win at the European Cup in 20.15, his best time for five years.

Malcolm represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed second in his first round heat after Brian Dzingai in a time of 20.42 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.30 seconds and placed fourth in his race, normally not enough to advance to the semi-finals, but his time was among the four fastest losing times and he qualified after all. With 20.25 in his semi-final race he even managed to qualify for the final, finishing fourth in his race, eliminating Paul Hession and Christopher Williams. In the final he came in seventh at 20.40 seconds, but as a result of the disqualifications of Churandy Martina (second) and Wallace Spearmon (third) he moved up to the fifth place overall.[2]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Malcolm, representing Wales, was one of the favourites to win the men's 200m, and took the bronze medal.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  Wales
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	11th (sf)	200 m	21.52
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	40.32
1997	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	2nd	100 m	10.24
			1st	200 m	20.51
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.62
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	1st	100 m	10.12
			1st	200 m	20.44
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	11th (sf)	100 m	10.33
			2nd	200 m	20.29
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.73
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	100 m	10.28 (w)
			2nd	200 m	20.47
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	200 m	20.54
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	200 m	20.23
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	24th (h)	60 m	6.77
			2nd	200 m	20.76
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th	100 m	10.11
			5th	200 m	20.22
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	5th	200 m	20.77
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.71
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	2nd	200 m	20.65
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	8th	200 m	20.39
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	39.73
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	200 m	20.30
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.23
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th (sf)	200 m	20.43
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	12th (sf)	200 m	20.77
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th (sf)	200 m	21.09
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.27
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	59th (h)	100 m	32.72
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	37.90
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	200 m	20.40
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	200 m	20.38
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	4th	200 m	20.751
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	200 m	20.52
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	15th (sf)	200 m	20.88
			4th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.292
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.982
	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	11th (sf)	200 m	20.51
			4 × 100 m relay	DQ

¹Representing Europe
²Did not finish in the final

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