England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...

was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England

Commonwealth Games Council for England

England is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales....

(CGCE).

England joined the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

as part of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

in 1931.

The team that attended the games in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

was the largest fielded up to that point, comprising 444 competitors and 221 officials.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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Gold

Athletics
Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...

:

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

, Men's Javelin

Michael East, Men's 1500 m

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards (athlete)

Jonathan David Edwards, CBE, is a former British triple jumper. He is a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995....

, Men's Triple Jump

Ashia Hansen

Ashia Hansen, MBE was a British triple jumper who competed internationally from 1994-2008.-Early life:...

, Women's Triple Jump

Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

, Women's 1500 m

Mick Jones

Mick Jones (athlete)

Michael David Jones is an English athlete who competes in the hammer. He won the gold medal in the hammer throw in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beating New Zealand's Philip Jensen....

, Men's Hammer

Nathan Morgan

Nathan Morgan is an English long jumper with a personal best of 8.26 metres. He is the former British record holder, but is currently third on the British all time long jump list, just three centimetres behind Chris Tomlinson and 4 cm below the record-holder, Greg Rutherford.At the 2002...

, Men's Long Jump

Paula Radcliffe

Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...

, Women's 5000 m

Chris Rawlinson

Christopher Lee Rawlinson is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators....

, 400 m Hurdles

Lorraine Shaw

Lorraine Shaw is an English hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 68.93 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough. This is the British record.-Achievements:-References:* at Sporting Heroes...

, Women's Hammer

Darren Campbell

Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...

, Allyn Condon

Allyn Condon

Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and current bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the second person to have competed for Great Britain in both the summer and winter Olympic games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.-Athletics:Condon has been...

, Marlon Devonish

Marlon Devonish

Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

& Jason Gardener

Jason Gardener

Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in...

, Men's 4x100 m Relay

Sean Baldock, Daniel Caines

Daniel Caines

Daniel Stephen Caines is an English athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.-Early life:He was educated at Solihull School, a British independent school in the affluent West Midlands town of Solihull...

, Jared Deacon, Chris Rawlinson

Chris Rawlinson

Christopher Lee Rawlinson is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators....

, Men's 4x400 m Relay

Badminton:

Simon Archer

Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

& Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode is a former English female badminton player.-Career:Goode competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with Simon Archer and won a bronze medal...

, Mixed Doubles

James Anderson, Simon Archer

Simon Archer

Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

, Robert Blair

Robert Blair (badminton)

Robert Blair is a Scottish badminton player.Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he competed for England from 2001 until 2010, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team...

, Anthony Clark

Anthony Clark (badminton)

Anthony Ian Clark is an English badminton player.-2004 Summer Olympics:Clark competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Nathan Robertson...

, Mark Constable, Gail Emms

Gail Emms

Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments....

, Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode is a former English female badminton player.-Career:Goode competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with Simon Archer and won a bronze medal...

, Tracey Hallam

Tracey Hallam

-Career:Hallam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany and Camilla Martin of Denmark in the first two rounds...

, Colin Haughton

Colin Haughton

Colin Haughton is an English badminton singles player from Denton near Manchester who held the No. 1 position in the national rankings and reached as high as 19th in the world rankings....

, Donna Kellogg

Donna Kellogg

Donna Victoria Kellogg MBE is an English badminton player. She first played badminton at the age of 10.-Career:Her first representative match for England was against China at the World Championships 1997 in Scotland...

, Julia Mann, Ella Miles, Nathan Robertson

Nathan Robertson

Nathan James Robertson is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event...

& Sara Sankey, Team

Boxing
Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Final results for the men's boxing Competition at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom from August 4 to July 27.- Light Flyweight :- Flyweight :- Bantamweight :...

:

Darren Barker

Darren Barker is an English middleweight boxer. He is a former holder of the British and European middleweight titles and a former holder of the Commonwealth title...

, Light Welterweight 63.5 kg

David Dolan

David Dolan is a British professional boxer who has competed at both heavyweight and cruiserweight. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division...

, Super Heavyweight 81 kg

Diving:

Peter Waterfield

Peter Graham Waterfield is a British diver. His specialism is the 10 metre platform event, both as solo competitor and in the synchronised event with his former partner Leon Taylor...

, Men's 10 m Platform

Gymnastics:

Kanukai Jackson, Men's Individual All-Around

Beth Tweddle

Elizabeth "Beth" Kimberly Tweddle MBE is an English gymnast. Tweddle is a three time world champion having won the 2010 World Championships and 2006 World Championshipson the uneven bars and the 2009 World Championships on the floor...

, Women's Uneven Bars

Ross Brewer, Craig Heap

Craig Heap

Craig Heap is a retired Commonwealth Games Gold medal winning gymnast who has represented England over 100 times in various international gymnastic competitions...

, Kanukai Jackson, John Smethurst, Cuong Thoong, Men's Team All-Around

Judo:

Simone Callender

Simone Callender is a British judoka. She attended Raine's Foundation School in Bethnal Green.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

, Women's 78kg+

Craig Fallon

Craig Andrew Fallon is a British judoka.CareerIn September 2005, Fallon won the -60 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships in Cairo, beating Ludwig Paischer in the final...

, Men's 60 kg

Winston Gordon

Winston Alanzo Gordon is a British judoka, and Sensei at the in Tooting, London.He is also British Open Champion 2009.Winston is hoping to compete in his third Olympic games in London 2012.-Achievements:...

, Men's 90 kg

Warren James, Men's 66 kg

Samantha Lowe, Women's 70 kg

Karen Roberts, Women's 63 kg

Michelle Rogers

Michelle Rogers (judoka)

Michelle Rogers is a British judoka, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 78kg class.-References:...

, Women's 78 kg

Georgina Singleton, Women's 52 kg

Lawn Bowls:

Ruth Small, Women's Blind

David Holt, Robert Newman, John Ottaway & Simon Skelton, Men's Fours

Ellen Alexander, Carol Duckworth, Gill Mitchell & Shirley Page, Women's Fours

Shooting:

Michael Gault, Men's 10 m Air Pistol

Michael Gault, Men's 50 m Pistol

Charlotte Kerwood, Women's Double Trap

Nicholas Baxter & Michael Gault, Men's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs

Mike Babb & Neil Day, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Squash:

Lee Beachill

Lee Beachill is a former World No. 1 squash player from England.Beachill reached the World No. 1 ranking in October 2004. He also finished runner-up at the World Open that year....

& Peter Nicol

Peter Nicol

Peter Nicol, MBE , is a former professional squash player from the United Kingdom, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK to hold the World No. 1 ranking...

, Men's Doubles

Swimming:

Zoë Baker

Zoë Baker is a former world record holder in swimming who represented Great Britain until 2005 and now represents New Zealand.Baker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester winning the gold medal in the women's 50 m breaststroke in a time of 30.60 seconds...

, Women's 50 m Breaststroke

Rebecca Cooke

Rebecca Cooke is a former British freestyle swimmer.She has won medals at every major international championships with the exception of the Olympic Games. She retired from international competition in April 2008 after failing to make the British team for the 2008 Games in Beijing.-References:...

, Women's 400 m Freestyle

Rebecca Cooke

, Women's 800 m Freestyle

James Gibson

James Gibson (swimmer)

James Gibson MBE is an English swimmer.Born in Chelmsford, Essex, and raised in Witham, Gibson's specialism is breaststroke and he competes in the 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre events. In 2003 he became world champion at 50 metres . He was 6th in the 100 metre event at the Athens Olympics in...

, Men's 50 m Breaststroke

James Goddard

James Francis Goddard is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events...

, Men's 200 m Backstroke

Karen Pickering

Karen Pickering is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain, who made her international senior debut in 1986. She was first selected to represent her country at the European Junior Championships...

, Women's 200 m Freestyle

Sarah Price

This article is about the swimmer. For the filmmaker see Sarah Price Sarah Price is a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom. She began her swimming career at the Potters Bar club, and turned professional aged fifteen. She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50 m backstroke...

, Women's 100 m Backstroke

Sarah Price

, Women's 200 m Backstroke

Adam Whitehead, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Jo Fargus, Georgina Lee, Karen Legg

Karen Legg

Karen Legg-Crumpler is a former British freestyle swimmer.During her seven year international career , she won four world, two European and seven Commonwealth medals. Legg also competed for Great Britain in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney in the women's 4×200 m freestyle...

& Karen Pickering

Karen Pickering

, Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay

Table Tennis:

Sue Gilroy, Women's Singles EAD

Andrew Baggaley

Andrew Baggaley is a professional table tennis player from Milton Keynes.Andrew Baggaley is England's leading medal winner of all time in the Commonwealth Games winning 2 Gold Medals in Manchester, England , 1 Silver Medal in Melbourne, Australia , and 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal in Delhi, India...

& Gareth Herbert, Men's Doubles

Andrew Baggaley

, Alex Parry, Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed is a British journalist and broadcaster. He used to be an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years...

, Terry Young & Gareth Herbert, Men's Team

Weightlifting:

Giles Greenwood, Men's 105kg+ Snatch

Delroy McQueen

Delroy McQueen is a former English weightlifter and powerlifter. Delroy competed in the 2002 Commonwealth weightlifting championships in 2002 in Manchester where he won, setting two new Commonwealth records. He snatched 165 kg and Clean and jerked 210 kg....

, Men's 105 kg Snatch

Delroy McQueen

, Men's 105 kg Clean and Jerk

Delroy McQueen

, Men's 105 kg Overall

Silver

Marlon Devonish

, Men's 200 m

Phillips Idowu

Phillips Olaosebikan Idowu MBE is a Nigerian-English triple jumper...

, Men's Triple Jump

Jade Johnson

Jade Linsey Johnson is an English athlete, specialising in long jump.She is allergic to sand.Johnson came second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Later she won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships...

, Women's Long Jump

Susan Jones

Susan Elan Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Clwyd South, replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones on his retirement....

, Women's High Jump

Lisa Kehler

Lisa Langford

Lisa Martine Kehler is a female race walker from England, who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics . She later competed 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi....

, Women's 20 km Walk

Helen Frost, Helen Karagounis, Lisa Miller & Melanie Purkiss

Melanie Purkiss

Melanie Purkiss is a British athlete. She reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games at Manchester in 2002.She was educated at The Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire, England.-External links:**...

, Women's 4x400 m Relay

Badminton:

Tracey Hallam

-Career:Hallam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany and Camilla Martin of Denmark in the first two rounds...

, Women's Singles

Steven Birch

Steven Birch is a light heavyweight boxer from England, who won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom.-References:*...

, Middleweight 75 kg

Darren Langley, Light Flyweight 48 kg

Paul Smith, Light Middleweight 71 kg

Cycling
Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
The cycling competition at the 2002 Commonwealth Games involves three disciplines: mountain bike racing, road bicycle racing and track cycling. The track events were held at Manchester Velodrome.- Mountain biking:- Track:- Road:...

:

Julie Paulding

Julie Anne Paulding née Forrester is an English competitive track cyclist who won silver in the 500m Time Trial at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. She had taken up cycling four years previously having been forced to give up her previous sport due to injury.Paulding is now a development...

, Women's 500 m Time Trial

Jason Queally

Jason Paul Queally is an English track cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.Born at Great Heywood, Staffordshire, Queally attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he was part of the swimming squad in the mid-1980s, later representing Lancaster and British Universities...

, Men's 1000 m Time Trial

Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....

, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit

Paul Manning

Paul Manning (cyclist)

Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008...

, Chris Newton

Chris Newton

Christopher Malcolm Newton is a successful road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and Olympian.-Biography:Newton is an alumnus of the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough...

, Bryan Steel

Bryan Steel

Bryan Steel is an English former professional racing cyclist. He represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Steel was born in Nottingham and now lives in Peterborough....

& Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins

, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit

Jason Queally

, Andy Slater & Jamie Staff

Jamie Staff

Jamie Alan Staff MBE is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games....

, Men's 750 m Team Sprint

Diving:

Tony Ally

Antonio Piero Ally is a British diver. He was born in Luton, England.In 1998 he was a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, won Gold in the European Championships for the three metre event in 1999, and won Silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.He placed 18th and...

, Men's 1 m Springboard

Tony Ally

, Men's 3 m Springboard

Leon Taylor

Leon Taylor is a British former competitive diver.He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and only took up competitive diving when he was eight...

, Men's 10 m Platform

Gymnastics:

Kanukai Jackson, Men's Pommel Horse

Kanukai Jackson, Men's Vault

Beth Owen, Women's Floor

Beth Tweddle

, Women's Individual All-Around

Katy Lennon, Lizzy Line, Becky Owen, Beth Tweddle

Beth Tweddle

& Nicola Willis, Women's Team All-Around

Hockey
Women's Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
*Saturday 2002-07-27*Monday 2002-07-29-Pool 2:*Friday 2002-07-26*Sunday 2002-07-28*Monday 2002-07-29-Play-offs:*Wednesday 2002-07-31*Thursday 2002-08-01*Saturday 2002-08-03-Final ranking:-References:*...

:

Anna Bennett, Jennie Bimson

Jennie Bimson

Jennie Bimmo Bimson is a retired English field hockey player. A former member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team during the late 1990s and 2000s, she played in midfield and as a forward.-Career:Bimson first played for England, against Germany, in 1997...

, Sarah Blanks, Melanie Clewlow

Melanie Clewlow

Melanie Clewlow is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team during the late 1990s and 2000s.-References:**...

, Joanne Ellis

Joanne Ellis

Joanne Catherine Ellis is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2002. She is not to be confused with another English field hockey player named Jo Ellis, who was born in 1983.-References:**...

, Helen Grant

Helen Grant (field hockey)

Helen Grant is an English women's field hockey forward, who has competed at both national and international level, representing both England and Great Britain during her career....

, Frances Houslop, Leisa King, Mandy Nicholson, Carolyn Reid

Carolyn Reid

Carolyn Marie Reid is a retired female field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the British squad that competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won a total number of three medals, , during her career at the Commonwealth Games.-References:*...

, Helen Richardson

Helen Richardson (field hockey)

Helen Richardson is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team during the late 1990s and 2000s....

, Hilary Rose

Hilary Rose

Hilary Mary Rose is a British field hockey goalkeeper, who plays for Ipswich and England, and has played for Great Britain. She represented England from 1993 to 2002.-References:*...

, Jane Smith

Jane Smith (field hockey)

Jane Caroline Smith is a British Olympic field hockey team member.-References:*...

, Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker (field hockey)

Rachel Walker is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since making her England debut in June 2000 against Ireland. She is nicknamed Wacker.-References:**...

, Kate Walsh

Kate Walsh (hockey player)

Kathrin Louise Walsh is the field hockey captain for Great Britain and England. When she was 28 she had over 130 caps for England and 60 for Great Britain...

& Lucilla Wright

Lucilla Wright

Lucilla Mary Wright is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team during the late 1990s and 2000s.-References:**...

, Women's Hockey

Judo:

Thomas Cousins, Men's 81 kg

Sam Delahay, Men's 100 kg

Clare Lynch, Women's 48 kg

Daniel Sargent, Men's 100kg+

Lawn Bowls:

Stephen Farish & Dean Morgan, Men's Pairs

Shooting:

Mike Babb, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

Anita North

Anita North is a clay-pigeon shooter representing England.North earned silver medals in the trap singles and pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002, but missed out on a place in the team for Melbourne in 2006 by one shot...

, Women's Trap

Jason Burrage & Chris Hector, Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs

Susan Bramley & Pinky le Grelle, Women's Skeet

Christopher Dean & Ian Peel

Ian Peel

Ian Peel is a sport shooter who has represented Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games on three occasions....

, Men's Trap Pairs

Lesley Goddard & Anita North

Anita North

, Women's Trap Pairs

Squash:

Peter Nicol

, Men's Singles

Tania Bailey

Tania Bailey is a professional squash player from England.As a junior player, Bailey won the World Junior Championship in 1997 and captained the England team to World and European junior team titles...

& Cassie Jackman, Women's Doubles

Swimming:

Jo Fargus, Women's 200 m Backstroke

Georgina Lee, Women's 200 m Butterfly

Karen Legg

, Women's 200 m Freestyle

Stephen Parry

Stephen Parry (swimmer)

Stephen Benjamin Parry is a former British butterfly swimmer. He competed internationally in 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly distances....

, Men's 200 m Butterfly

Adrian Turner

Adrian Turner is an actor and former British Olympic swimmer, known also for winning silver and bronze medals representing England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....

, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Adam Whitehead

Adam Whitehead is a former breaststroke swimmer from Great Britain, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the men's 100 m and 200m breaststroke....

, Men's 50 m Breaststroke

James Hickman

James Hickman is a former swimmer from Great Britain, who became a world champion five times on the 200 m butterfly in short course , twice world record holder, Commonwealth Champion and four times European Champion. He announced his retirement from the sport in 2004...

, Matt Kidd, Adam Ruckwood

Adam Ruckwood

Adam Ruckwood is a retired backstroke swimmer from England, who competed for the United Kingdom at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ....

& Adam Whitehead

Adam Whitehead

, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Rosalind Brett

Rosalind Brett is a former British swimmer.During her swimming career Brett represented Great Britain in numerous world and European championships in butterfly and freestyle over various distances, winning a handful of medals as part of relay teams...

, Karen Legg

Karen Legg

, Melanie Marshall

Melanie Marshall

Melanie Marshall is a former British swimmer.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m , 62 kg...

& Karen Pickering

Karen Pickering

, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Synchronised Swimming:

Gayle Adamson, Synchronised Swimming Solo

Gayle Adamson & Katie Hooper, Synchronised Swimming Duet

Weightlifting:

Anthony Arthur, Men's 85 kg Combined

Anthony Arthur, Men's 85 kg Snatch

Giles Greenwood, Men's 105kg+ Combined

David Guest, Men's 94 kg Combined

David Guest, Men's 94 kg Snatch

Bronze

Darren Campbell

Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...

, Men's 200 m

Ben Challenger

Benjamin Arthur "Ben" Challenger is an English high jumper. His personal best jump of 2.30 metres was achieved when he won the 1999 Summer Universiade...

, Men's High Jump

Paul Head

Paul Head is a retired male hammer thrower from England, who competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best in 1990.-Achievements:-References:**...

, Men's Hammer

Irie Hill, Women's Pole Vault

Kelly Morgan

Kelly Morgan (athlete)

Kelly Morgan is a retired English javelin thrower.She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Birmingham. This is the current British record...

, Women's Javelin

Carl Myerscough

Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....

, Men's Shot Put

Shelley Newman

Shelley Newman, now Shelley Parr and maiden name Shelley Drew, is a retired English discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.22 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough...

, Women's Discus

Nick Nieland

Dr Nicholas Nieland is a British javelin thrower.He was the British number three for many years...

, Men's Javelin

Helen Pattinson, Women's 1500 m

Bob Weir, Men's Discus

Shani Anderson

Shani Anderson was born on 7 August 1975 in St Vincent and was a resident of Catford, London.She competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 4x100m relay and the 100m....

, Vernicha James, Joice Maduaka

Joice Maduaka

Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...

& Abi Oyepitan

Abi Oyepitan

Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4×100 metres relay team...

, Women's 4x100 m Relay

Badminton:

James Anderson & Simon Archer

Simon Archer

Simon Archer is an English badminton player.Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.-Career:-Summer Olympics:...

, Men's Doubles (with Clark and Robertson, no third-place play-off)

Anthony Clark

Anthony Clark (badminton)

Anthony Ian Clark is an English badminton player.-2004 Summer Olympics:Clark competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Nathan Robertson...

& Nathan Robertson

Nathan Robertson

Nathan James Robertson is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event...

, Men's Doubles (with Anderson and Archer, no third-place play-off)

Anthony Clark

Anthony Clark (badminton)

Anthony Ian Clark is an English badminton player.-2004 Summer Olympics:Clark competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Nathan Robertson...

& Sara Sankey, Mixed Doubles

Gail Emms

Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments....

& Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode

Joanne Goode is a former English female badminton player.-Career:Goode competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with Simon Archer and won a bronze medal...

, Women's Doubles

Mark Moran, Bantamweight 54 kg

Andy Morris

Andy Morris (boxer)

Andy Morris is an English boxer who currently fights in the Featherweight division. He is a former holder of the English and British featherweight titles and has fought for the British super featherweight title...

, Lightweight 60 kg

Tony Gibb, Men's 20 km Scratch Race

Rachel Heal

Rachel Heal is an English racing cyclist.She joined British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan in 2001 when she gave up her job to become a full-time cyclist. She turned professional and rode for the Belgian Farm Frites-Hartol team after obtaining a degree in chemical engineering from...

, Women's Road Race

Liam Killeen

Liam Killeen , is a professional mountain biker. He represented England at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 where he came 3rd, and in 2006 he won the Cross Country race...

, Men's Cross Country

Paul Manning

Paul Manning (cyclist)

Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008...

, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit

Chris Newton

, Men's Points Race

Jamie Staff

, Men's 1000 m Time Trial

Diving:

Jane Smith, Women's 1 m Springboard

Jane Smith, Women's 3 m Springboard

Gymnastics:

John Smethurst, Men's Parallel Bars

Judo:

Sophie Cox

Sophie Cox is a British Judo player from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.She represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics in Greece. She is one of the British Judo team athletes for London 2012 Olympic....

, Women's 57 kg

Lawn Bowls:

Amy Gowshall & Lynne Whitehead, Women's Pairs

Shooting:

Michael Gault, Men's 25 m Standard Pistol

Louise Minett, Women's 10 m Air Rifle

Chris Hector & Nigel Wallace, Men's 10 m Air Rifle Pairs

John Bellamy

John Bellamy (sport shooter)

John Bellamy is a British sport shooter residing near Preston, Lancashire, noted for his consistent achievements in shooting competitions and for his similar shooting style to that of John Stafford.-Target Shooting:...

& Richard Faulds

Richard Faulds

Richard Bruce Faulds MBE , is an English sport shooter, who competed for Great Britain in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the men's double trap....

, Men's Double Trap Pairs

Richard Brickell

Richard Brickell is a sport shooter who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2010 commonwealth games in Delhi where he won both individual Gold and Bronze medals in the pairs event....

& Drew Harvey, Men's Skeet Pairs

Glyn Barnett

Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett , is a British international rifleman who won a shooting Gold Medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.-Early life:...

& Jane Messer, Open Full Bore Rifle Pairs

Victoria Eaton & Louise Minett, Women's 10 m Air Rifle Pairs

Linda Smallbone & Helen Vincent, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Squash:

Cassie Jackman, Women's Singles

Mark Chaloner

Mark Chaloner is a professional squash player from England. He was a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 2001. He won a Gold Medal in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games...

& Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson (squash player)

Paul Johnson is a former professional squash player from England.Johnson reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in 1999. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, he won a Gold Medal in the men's doubles , and a Bronze Medal in the men's singles. Johnson and Chaloner were also men's doubles...

, Men's Doubles

Fiona Geaves

Fiona Geaves is a former professional squash player from England. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of World No...

& Chris Walker

Chris Walker (squash player)

Chris Walker is a squash coach and former professional squash player from England.Walker was a member of the England teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995 and 1997. He finished runner-up at the British Open in 2001...

, Mixed Doubles

Linda Charman & Fiona Geaves

Fiona Geaves

Fiona Geaves is a former professional squash player from England. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of World No...

, Women's Doubles

Swimming:

Mark Foster

Mark Foster (swimmer)

Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....

, Men's 50 m Butterfly

Mark Foster

Mark Foster (swimmer)

Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....

, Men's 50 m Freestyle

James Gibson

James Gibson (swimmer)

, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

James Goddard

James Francis Goddard is a British backstroke swimmer.Goddard represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backstroke and 200 m individual medley swimming events...

, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

James Hickman

, Men's 200 m Butterfly

Karen Legg

, Women's 100 m Freestyle

Darren Mew

Darren Mew is a British swimmer specialising in breaststroke. He is a member of Ellesmere College Titans and studied sport as a student at the University of Bath...

, Men's 50 m Breaststroke

Simon Militis, Men's 200 m Backstroke

Margaret Pedder, Women's 200 m Butterfly

Sarah Price

, Women's 50 m Backstroke

Katy Sexton

Katy Sexton MBE is a British swimmer.One of her most significant achievements was becoming the first British female swimmer to win gold at the 2003 World Championships in the 200 m backstroke...

, Women's 200 m Backstroke

Adrian Turner

Adrian Turner is an actor and former British Olympic swimmer, known also for winning silver and bronze medals representing England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....

, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Simon Burnett

Simon Andrew Burnett is an English swimmer.He holds the British Records in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles, he trains at the USA's University of Arizona--where he attended—and in 2007 signed a sponsorship deal with Nike.-Career:...

, Adam Faulkner, Stephen Parry

Stephen Parry (swimmer)

Stephen Benjamin Parry is a former British butterfly swimmer. He competed internationally in 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly distances....

& James Salter

James Salter (swimmer)

James Salter is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain. He trained with the City of Edinburgh Swimming Club, Scotland...

, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Kate Haywood

Kate Emma Haywood is an English swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay...

, Georgina Lee, Karen Legg

Karen Legg

& Sarah Price

Sarah Price

, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Table Tennis:

Cathy Mitton, Women's Singles EAD

Weightlifting:

Anthony Arthur

Anthony Arthur PhD was an American author.Educated in Pennsylvania and later California he spent three years in the US Army before becoming a journalist in Arizona. He returned to education and completed an MA in English at Penn State University and in 1970 completed his PhD in English. He was a...

, Men's 85 kg Clean and Jerk

Gurbinder Cheema, Men's 105 kg Snatch

Stewart Cruikshank, Men's 96 kg Combined

Karl Grant, Men's 94 kg Clean and Jerk

Giles Greenwood, Men's 105 kg Clean and Jerk

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