Roger Hackney
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | 2 September 1957 Swansea, Wales |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Steeplechase |
| Club | Aldershot, Farnham & District AC Farnborough Royal Air Force |
Medal record | |
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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.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Hackney, who was a member of the Royal Air Force, and trained at Aldershot, Farnham and District AC, specialised in the 3000m steeplechase. Hackney was twice the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1980 AAA Championships[2] and the 1982 AAA Championships.[3]
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.[4]
At the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Hackney came fifth in the final of the steeplechase.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] In 1986 he was also eighth at the European Championships.[5]
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.[9]
His personal best time, 8:18.91, is a Welsh record and was set in 1988, while competing in Belgium.[5] He is the only non Belgian man to win the Lotto Cross Cup.
He now works in Leeds as an orthopaedic surgeon.[10]
International competitions
[edit | edit source]All results regarding 3000 metres steeplechase unless stated otherwise.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain / File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg 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
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External links
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- Roger Hackney at Sports Reference
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Swansea
- Welsh men long-distance runners
- British men long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics