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{{Short description|Welsh sprinter (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Christian Malcolm
| image            = Christian Malcolm Barcelona 2010.jpg
| image_size       = 200px <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| caption          = Malcolm in Barcelona 2010
| nationality      = Welsh
| sport            = Men's [[sport of athletics|athletics]]
| event            = [[200 metres]]
| club             = 
| collegeteam      = 
|country = {{GBR2}}
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|06|03}}
| birth_place      = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], Wales
| height           = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|66|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates   = 
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]] | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001 Lisbon]] | [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]] | [[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 Annecy]] | [[100 m]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 Annecy]] | [[200 m]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{WAL}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|200 m]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|200 m]] }}
}}

'''Christian Sean Malcolm''' (born 3 June 1979) is a retired [[Wales|Welsh]] [[track and field]] athlete who specialised in the [[200 metres]]. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.

==Early life==
Malcolm was born and was brought up in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], where he still lives. He is of [[British Jamaicans|Jamaican]] descent.

When Malcolm was 15 years old, he was offered a contract by English football club [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], having had trials earlier with them and [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] as a young [[forward (association football)|forward]].<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|title=Americans out in the cold: Britain's Malcolm and Kenyans deny the US gold for the first time|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2_VOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6849%2C5696448|date=5 August 1998|access-date=31 January 2015|newspaper=New Straits Times|location=Kuala Lumpur|agency=Agence France-Presse|page=35}}</ref> In a 1998 interview, Malcolm claimed he chose athletics as in his view it is a "friendlier sport and you're not as likely to get kicked around the pitch".<ref name="AFP" />

==Education==
Malcolm was educated at two state schools in Newport: Eveswell Primary School and [[Hartridge High School]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/18694753.former-newport-olympic-sprinter-christian-malcolm-named-uk-athletics-head-coach/ |title=Former Newport Olympic sprinter Christian Malcolm named UK Athletics head coach |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=3 September 2020 |website=[[South Wales Argus]] |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Malcolm won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and at the [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 World Junior Championships]], he won the 100 m in 10.12 seconds and the 200 m in 20.44 seconds, becoming the second sprinter to achieve this double at the Junior Worlds, after [[Ato Boldon]]. His winning time in the 100 m set a new Welsh senior and British junior record, and his winning margin of 0.22 seconds was the largest in the history of the 100 m at the Junior Worlds at the time. At that year's [[Commonwealth Games]], his 20.29 for the silver medal was a European Junior and Welsh senior record.<ref name=williams />

Malcolm took the 2000 European Indoor gold medal in 20.54, for a Welsh Indoor record. Outdoors he led off for the sprint relay team on the first day and ran a season's best of 20.45 to win the 200 m on the second day at the European Cup. He went on to 2nd at the AAAs and to excel at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympics]] to take fifth place at 200 m in 20.23.

In 2001, Malcolm took the World Indoor silver medal. Outdoors he was 3rd at 100 m and 2nd at 200 m at the AAAs and at the World Championships ran eight races to make the finals at both 100 m and 200 m, finishing 6th and 5th respectively. He also competed as part of the relay team, however, the baton was dropped in the heats. He set two new Welsh records at the Worlds, clocking 10.11 in the 100 m final and 20.08 in the semi-finals of the 200 m. The 200 m final was one of the closest finishes in a major sprint event in history, with Malcolm's final time of 20.22 being just two hundredths of a second down on second, third and fourth placed athletes [[Christopher Williams (sprinter)|Christopher Williams]], [[Shawn Crawford]] and [[Kim Collins]].<ref name=williams />

After four-second places at the AAAs, Malcolm finally won the 200 m in 2005 in a narrow decision over [[Marlon Devonish]] and was also 3rd at 100 m. He surprised even himself with a brilliant win at the European Cup in 20.15, his best time for five years.

Malcolm represented [[Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing. He competed at the [[200 metres]] and placed second in his first round heat after [[Brian Dzingai]] in a time of 20.42 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.30 seconds and placed fourth in his race, normally not enough to advance to the semi-finals, but his time was among the four fastest losing times and he qualified after all. With 20.25 in his semi-final race he even managed to qualify for the final, finishing fourth in his race, eliminating [[Paul Hession]] and [[Christopher Williams (sprinter)|Christopher Williams]]. In the final he came in seventh at 20.40 seconds, but as a result of the disqualifications of [[Churandy Martina]] (second) and [[Wallace Spearmon]] (third) he moved up to the fifth place overall.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/224995.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826134842/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/224995.shtml |archive-date=2008-08-26 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Christian Malcolm |website=[[Beijing2008.cn]] |access-date=1 September 2008}}</ref>

At the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, Malcolm, representing Wales, was one of the favourites to win the men's 200 m, and took the bronze medal.

Malcolm retired from competition in 2014 after failing to be selected to the Welsh team for [[2014 Commonwealth Games|that year's Commonwealth Games]] in Glasgow due to injury. He competed at four Commonwealth Games in total, sharing the record for most appearances at the Games by a Welsh track and field athlete with [[Ron Jones (athlete)|Ron Jones]], [[Steve Jones (runner)|Steve Jones]], [[Colin Jackson]] and [[Berwyn Price]]. He also appeared at four Olympics, and shares the record for most appearances by a Welsh track and field athlete at the Olympics with Jackson. In addition Malcolm won nine senior sprint titles at the Welsh national championships.<ref name=williams>{{cite web |url=https://www.welshathletics.org/en/page/christian-malcolm |title=Christian Malcolm |last=Williams |first=Clive |date=January 2017 |website=[[Welsh Athletics]] |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>

After retirement, he became a non-executive director of [[Welsh Athletics]],<ref name=williams /> and subsequently served as [[British Athletics]]' technical lead for sprint relays from 2015 to 2019, and guided the GB [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|men's]] and [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|women's]] 4 × 100 m relay squads to a gold and a silver medal respectively at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Athletics Championships]] on home ground in London, an achievement for which he was jointly awarded that year's [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award]] alongside colleagues Stephen Maguire and Benke Blomkvist. He also served as a performance coach with the [[Federation of Disability Sport Wales]] for three years, coaching [[Jordan Howe]] to a silver medal in the [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|T35 100 m]] and guiding [[Rhys Jones (para-athlete)|Rhys Jones]] to a career-best fourth in the T37 100 m at the [[2017 World Para Athletics Championships]], also held in London. In January 2019 he joined [[Athletics Australia]] as Head of Performance and Coaching. On 3 September 2020, British Athletics announced that Malcolm had been appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.<ref name=ba>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/christian-malcolm-appointed-british-athletics-olympic-programme-head-coach/|title = Christian Malcolm Appointed British Athletics Olympic Programme Head Coach}}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{WAL}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney]], Australia
|11th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|21.52]]
|-
|7th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.32]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|rowspan=3|[[1997 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Ljubljana]], Slovenia
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|100 m
|10.24
|-
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|200 m
|20.51
|-
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.62
|-
|rowspan=6|1998
|rowspan=3|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Annecy]], France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.12]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.44]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
|11th (sf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.33]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.29]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.73]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|rowspan=3|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|100 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.28]] (w)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.47]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.96]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Ghent]], Belgium
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.54]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|5th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.23]]
|-
|rowspan=7|2001
|rowspan=2|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|24th (h)
|60 m
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.77]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.76]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|6th
|100 m
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.11]]
|-
|5th
|200 m
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.22]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Brisbane]], Australia
|5th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results#200 meters|20.77]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results#4 × 100 meters relay|38.71]]
|-
|rowspan=6|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Vienna]], Austria
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.65]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Manchester]], United Kingdom
|8th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.39]]
|-
|8th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.73]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Munich]], Germany
|4th
|200 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.30]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|6th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2002 IAAF World Cup results#4 × 100 m relay|39.23]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|rowspan=2|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France
|8th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.43]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|12th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.77]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|rowspan=2|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|21.09]]
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.27]]
|-
|-
|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Melbourne]], Australia
|59th (h)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|32.72]]
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.90]]
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|5th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.40]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2010
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.38]]
|-
|[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia
|4th
|200 m
|[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup results#Men's 200 metres|20.75]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Delhi]], India
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.52]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|rowspan=2|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.88]]
|-
|4th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.29]]<sup>2</sup>
|-
|rowspan=3|2012
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|1st (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.98]]<sup>2</sup>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[London]], Great Britain
|11th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.51]]
|-
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|}
<sup>1</sup>Representing Europe<br>
<sup>2</sup>Did not finish in the final

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{World Athletics}}

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{{British Athletics Championships men's 200 metres champions}}
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