Colin Kirkham
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 30 October 1944 Nottingham, England |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running/Marathon |
| Club | Coventry Godiva Harriers |
Colin Kirkham (born 30 October 1944) is a male British retiredlong-distance runner who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Kirkham studied Mathematics at Durham University, where he was a member of St Cuthbert's Society and won the Northern Counties Marathon Championship.[2] He taught Maths at Arley, Warwickshire[3] and at Coleshill School, Warwickshire.
Kirkham represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.[4] The following year Kirkham finished third behind Ian Thompson in the marathon event at the 1973 AAA Championships.[5]
He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand[6][7][8] and would podium on two more occasions at the 1975 AAA Championships and the 1977 AAA Championships.[9] In December 1981 he won the Tiberias Marathon in Israel.
References
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- British men long-distance runners
- British men marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes from Nottingham
- Commonwealth Games athletes for England
- British mathematics educators
- Schoolteachers from Nottinghamshire
- English men long-distance runners
- English men marathon runners