Luke Watson (sprinter)

Luke "Buster" Watson (born Graeme Lynton George Watson; 19 November 1957) is a male retired British sprinter.

Luke Watson
Personal information
Birth nameGraeme Watson
NationalityBritish
Born (1957-11-19) 19 November 1957
Bournemouth
Sport
SportSprinting
Event(s)200 metres
ClubBlackheath Harriers, Blackheath

Athletics career

Watson competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the Men's decathlon, and also competed for England in the Men's 200 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]. Watson also represented Great Britain at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

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.[4] At the AAA Championships he was 200 m in 1982, 1984 and 1985, as well as 100 m runner-up in 1978.[5] He placed second in the 60 metres behind Ghana's Ernest Obeng at the AAA Indoor Championships in 1984.[6]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
1978 Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 4th Decathlon 7261 pts
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 8th 200 m 20.88
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 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; et al. "Luke Watson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. AAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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