Julian Emmanuel Golding is an English former international sprinter.

Athletics career

Golding was born in

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, North West London. Attending St Augustine's Church of England High School in Kilburn, he enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991. He was discovered by former Olympic sprinter

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, after finishing second at the Westminster Schools Athletics Competition. At the

1998 European Athletics Championships The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Men's results Track 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Field 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Women's resul ...

, Golding was favourite to win the gold medal in the 200 metres. After running a series of fast times and winning both heats and semi-finals convincingly, he was beaten by teammate

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in the final, winning a bronze medal. In the same year, he represented

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and won two

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s in the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the 200 metres he set a personal best time of 20.34 seconds in the semi-finals. In the 4 x 100 metres sprint relay, the team ran a new Commonwealth Games record of 38.20 seconds. He also helped the Great British 4 x 100-metre relay team to victory in the

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and

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, as well as running the last leg at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, in which Britain won bronze. During the 1999 athletic season, Golding won the national title in 20.20 seconds (wind assisted) and continued that form, winning some high profile international Grand Prix events. The Crystal Grand Prix is considered to be one of Golding's best performances; he won the 200 metres from a world class field in the time of 20.23 seconds, running into a strong headwind of −1.1 metres per second. Golding went on to finish 7th in the final of the 1999 World Championships in Seville, and finished the year ranked number nine in the world. He was part of

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's 4 x 100-metre relay team at the

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in Sydney, but the team were disqualified in the first round. He failed to qualify for his preferred event, due to illness at the Olympic Trials. Golding's last major competition was in 2003, where he represented Great Britain at the Paris World Championships. Three years later, he was forced to retire prematurely due to persistent injuries.

Personal life

On 18 July 2012, Golding graduated from

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with First Class Honours for Sports and Exercise Science with Teaching & Coaching. Julian is now a qualified P.E teacher working at St Mary Magdalene's Secondary Phase.

Personal bests

His time of 20.18 seconds (−0.2) ranks him sixth on the 200 metres All-Time UK rankings, with only John Regis,

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and

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ahead of him. *

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– 10.28 (1998) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 20.18 (1998) * 150 metres – 15.39w (1995)

Achievements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golding, Julian 1975 births Living people English male sprinters British male sprinters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists People educated at St Augustine's Church of England High School Athletes from London People from Harlesden Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics