Editing Colin Jackson (section)

{{Short description|British athlete}}
{{about|the British athlete|other people called Colin Jackson|Colin Jackson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Colin Jackson
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image = Athletissima 2012 - Colin Jackson.jpg
| imagesize = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| caption = Jackson in 2012
| nationality = British
| sport = Running, hurdling
| event = 
| club = Brecon Athletics Club
| collegeteam = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|2|18}}<ref>{{cite book|author1=Richard Dale|author2=Colin Cameron|title=The contenders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pnVTohrsKMC|date=August 1994|publisher=Boxtree|isbn=978-0-7522-0948-7|page=75}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]                                         |0|1|0
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]             |2|2|1
|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]            |1|3|0
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]               |4|0|0
|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] |4|1|0
|[[World Athletics U20 Championships|World U20 Championships]]             |1|0|0
|[[European Athletics U20 Championships|European U20 Championships]]       |0|1|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]]|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold |[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]]|[[1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]]|[[1994 European Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]]|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2002 European Athletics Championships|2002 Munich]]|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1989 The Hague]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1994 Paris]]|60 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1994 Paris]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2002 Vienna]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1987 Lievin]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalCountry | {{WAL}} }}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Commonwealth Games]] |2|2|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|110 m hurdles}}
}}
'''Colin Ray Jackson''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 18 February 1967) is a British former [[Sprint (running)|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 [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] silver medal,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colin JACKSON|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/colin-jackson|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> became [[World Championships in Athletics|world champion]] twice, world indoor champion once, was undefeated at the [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] for 12 years and was twice [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] champion. His [[list of world records in athletics|world record]] of 12.91&nbsp;seconds for the 110 m hurdles stood for nearly 13 years and his [[60 metres hurdles]] world record stood for nearly 27 years.<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/hurdles/60-metres-hurdles/indoor/men/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2021-02-24 60 Metres Hurdles Records]. [[IAAF]] (24 February 2021). Retrieved on 24 February 2021.</ref>