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Welsh long-distance runner

Roger Hackney
Personal information
Birth nameRoger Graham Hackney
NationalityWelsh
Born (1957-09-02) 2 September 1957 (age 67)
Swansea, Wales
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 Wales
SportAthletics
ClubAldershot, Farnham & District AC
Farnborough
Royal Air Force
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh 3000 m steeplechase

Roger Graham Hackney (born 2 September 1957) is a Welsh former long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games and won a silver medal for Wales at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Hackney, who was a member of the Royal Air Force, and trained at Aldershot, Farnham and District AC, specialised in the 3000m steeplechase. He made his Olympics debut as a 22-year old at the 1980 Moscow Games and was seventh in his semi-final, only just missing out on a spot in the final, with the next best time of the competitors that missed out.

At the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Hackney came fifth in the final of the steeplechase.

His best performance in the Olympics came at the 1984 Los Angeles Games where he ran the semi-final in 8:20.77 and qualified for the final, in which he finished 10th.

He won a silver medal representing Wales in the steeplechase at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, in a time of 8:25.15, behind Canada's Graeme Fell and ahead of Colin Reitz, another British athlete. The field was weakened by the absence of many African countries, most notably Kenya, which boycotted the competition over the Thatcher government's sporting links with apartheid South Africa. In 1986 he was also eighth at the European Championships.

He was part of the Great British Olympic team for a third and final time at the 1988 Seoul Games. By then aged 31, Hackney once more made it to the semi-final stage, but was unable to complete the race and didn't register a time.

His personal best time, 8:18.91, is a Welsh record and was set in 1988, while competing in Belgium. He is the only non Belgian man to win the Lotto Cross Cup.

He now works in Leeds as an orthopaedic surgeon.

International competitions

All results regarding 3000 metres steeplechase unless stated otherwise.

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  Wales
1979 World Cross Country Championships (12 km) Limerick, Ireland 153rd 41:17
1980 World Cross Country Championships (12.58 km) Paris, France 62nd 38:43
Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 13th (h) 8:29.2
1981 World Cross Country Championships (12 km) Madrid, Spain 126th 37:17
1982 World Cross Country Championships (12 km) Rome, Italy 103rd 36:06
European Championships Athens, Greece 21st (h) 8:39.22
Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 4th 8:32.84
11th 13:51.20 (5000 m)
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 8:19.38
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 10th 8:27.10
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2nd 8:25.15
European Championships Stuttgart, Germany 8th 8:20.97
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 14th 8:48.86
1988 World Cross Country Championships (12 km) Auckland, New Zealand 13th 35:59
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea DNF (sf) 8:39.30 ((heats)
1989 World Cross Country Championships (12 km) Stavanger, Norway DNF —
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 7th 8:36.62
14th 14:27.06 (5000 m)
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf). DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Roger Hackney - About us". Welsh Athletics (Athletau Cymru). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "Hackney With Flying Colours". The Glasgow Herald. 6 January 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. Northam, Randall (6 July 1981). "A victory for the unsung British heroes". The Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. Webster, Jim (28 July 1986). "A Black day for Clark". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 50. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. "Surgeon's innovation relieves shoulder pain". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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