Editing Colin Jackson (section)

==Biography==
Jackson won his first major medal, a silver, in the 110&nbsp;m hurdles, aged 19 at the [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|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 [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metre hurdles|1988 Summer Olympics]]. After winning another silver in the 60&nbsp;m hurdles at the [[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], he won [[1990 European Athletics Championships|European]] and [[1990 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] gold medals in 1990. The 1993 season saw him reach the pinnacle of his sport: after a silver at the [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Indoor Worlds]], he set a world record of 12.91&nbsp;seconds to become the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|1993 World Champion]]. This record was unbeaten for almost 13 years and remains the [[List of World Championships in Athletics records|world championship record]]. Jackson was part of the British [[4 × 100 metres relay]] team which won the world silver medal.

This period was 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&nbsp;seconds in the 60&nbsp;m hurdles. A double gold at the [[1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships]] in the 60&nbsp;m hurdles and sprint events saw him set a [[List of European records in athletics|European record]] of 6.49&nbsp;seconds over 60 m. Injury affected his 1995–1996 seasons and he finished only fourth at the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metre hurdles|1996 Olympics]]. He returned to competition in 1997 and took silver twice – at the [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|Indoor World Championships]] and the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Outdoors]]. After winning the [[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] for a third consecutive time in 1998 he became indoor and outdoor World champion 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 [[sports coach|coaching]], he now works as a sports commentator for athletics and as a television presenter (predominantly for the [[BBC]]). He is a well-known face on British television, having been on ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (series 3)|Strictly Come Dancing]]'' in 2005, as well as a number of other entertainment and factual TV programmes.