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colin jackson brecon athletics club cardiff , wales 75 kg lb st on welsh 1.82 men 's athletics running , hurdling 18 february 1967 athletissima 2012 - colin jackson.jpg colin jackson
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colin jackson

colin ray jackson , cbe -lrb- born 18 february 1967 -rrb- is a welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles .
during a career in which he represented great britain and wales , he won an olympic silver medal , became world champion twice , world indoor champion once , went undefeated at the european championships for 12 years and was a two-time commonwealth champion .
his world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110m hurdles stood for over a decade and he remains the 60 metres hurdles world record holder .
jackson won his first major medal , a silver , in the 110 m hurdles , at the age of nineteen at the 1986 commonwealth games .
he soon established himself on the global scene , taking bronze at the 1987 world championships in athletics and a silver medal at the 1988 summer olympics .
after winning another silver in the 60 metres hurdles at the 1989 iaaf world indoor championships , he won european and commonwealth gold medals in 1990 .
the 1993 season saw him reach the pinnacle of his sport : after a silver at the 1993 indoor worlds , he went on to set a world record of 12.91 seconds to become the 1993 world champion .
this mark was unbeaten for almost thirteen years and remains the world championship record .
jackson also helped the british 4 × 100 metres relay team to the world silver medal .
this period was perhaps jackson 's most successful -- he had a streak of 44 races undefeated between 1993 and 1995 .
in addition to european and commonwealth golds outdoors in 1994 , he set another world record , running 7.30 seconds in the 60 m hurdles .
a double gold at the 1994 european athletics indoor championships in the 60 m hurdles and sprint events saw him set a european record of 6.49 seconds over 60 metres .
injury affected his 1995 -- 1996 seasons and he finished only fourth at the 1996 olympics .
he returned to the global podium in 1997 but took silver twice -- behind anier garcía at the indoor world championships and allen johnson in the world outdoors .
after winning the european championships for a third consecutive time in 1998 he became world champion indoors and out in 1999 .
he finished fifth at the 2000 summer olympics and his last major medals came in 2002 , taking european indoor and outdoor gold and a commonwealth silver .
after a period of sports management and coaching , he now works as a sports commentator for athletics and television presenter -lrb- predominantly for the bbc -rrb- .
he has appeared in `` strictly come dancing '' in 2005 , as well as a number of other entertainment and factual tv shows , and is a well known face on british television .
