biography
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| lived:
| (1960– )
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| biography:
| Sprinter, born in Jamaica, now living in Britain. The most successful of all British athletes, and the oldest Olympic 100 m champion, in 1993 he held the World, Olympic, Commonwealth, and European Cup titles for the 100 m, achieving 9·87 seconds at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany (a European record). He retired in 1997. |
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