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Roger Black Biography |
Roger Black (born March 31, 1966) is a former Olympic athlete and now works as a television presenter and motivational speaker.
Born in Portsmouth, England, Roger has a collection of fifteen medals from major senior athletics competitions to add to his two European junior championship gold medals.
He set the national 400 metre record of 44.37 seconds on July 3, 1996 in Lausanne, Switzerland but that was subsequently broken a year later by Iwan Thomas who shaved 0.01s from Roger's time.
In 1995 Southampton University gave Roger an honorary degree and he was also rewarded by Queen Elizabeth II with an MBE.
Roger has worked regularly for the BBC on programs such as Tomorrow's World and Grandstand.
Achievements
1985
European Junior Championships - Cottbus, Germany
400 metres gold medal - 45.36 seconds
4 x 400 m. relay gold medal - 3:07.18
1986
European Championships - Stuttgart, Germany
400 m. gold medal - 44.59 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay - 2:59.84
Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland
400 m. gold medal - 45.57 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay gold medal - 3:07.19
1987
World Championships - Rome, Italy
400 m. silver medal - 44.62 sec.
1990
European Championships - Split, Yugoslavia
400 m. gold medal - 45.08 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay gold medal - 2:58.22
1991
World Championships - Tokyo, Japan
400 m. silver medal - 44.62 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay gold medal - 2:57.53
1992
Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain
4 x 400 m. relay - 2:59.73
1994
European Championships - Helsinki, Finland
400 m. silver medal - 45.2 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay gold medal - 2:59.13
1996
Summer Olympics - Atlanta, USA
400 m. silver medal - 44.41 sec.
4 x 400 m. relay silver medal - 2:56.60
1997
World Championships - Athens, Greece
4 x 400 m. relay silver medal - 2:56.65 |
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