Editing Colin Jackson (section)

== Personal life ==
On 26 August 2017 Jackson [[came out as gay]] in a clip on Swedish television promoting the series "Rainbow Heroes".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/28/olympic-medallist-colin-jackson-announces-he-is-gay|title=Olympic medallist Colin Jackson announces he is gay|first=Caroline|last=Davies|date=28 August 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/02/colin-jackson-phenomenal-athlete-who-came-out-at-50 |title = Colin Jackson: Phenomenal athlete who came out at 50|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 2 September 2017}}</ref> Previously he had denied that he was gay both in his 2004 autobiography<ref name=":0" /> and in a 2008 interview with ''[[The Voice (British newspaper)|The Voice]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/02/colin-jackson-phenomenal-athlete-who-came-out-at-50 | title=Colin Jackson: Phenomenal athlete who came out at 50 | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=2 September 2017 }}</ref>

His eldest sister is ''[[Casualty (TV series)]]'' actress [[Suzanne Packer]].