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{{short description|English sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|200 m]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]] | [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
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'''Julian Emmanuel Golding''' is a former English international [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]].<ref name=WA>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/julian-golding-20503|title=Profile|website=World Athletics}}</ref>

==Athletics career==
Golding was born in [[Harlesden]], North West London. Attending [[St Augustine's Church of England High School]] in [[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]], he enjoyed playing all sports before taking up athletics seriously in 1991. He was discovered by former Olympic sprinter [[Mike McFarlane]],<ref name=TG>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/jul/28/athletics.duncanmackay|title=Golding leaves the dark days behind|website=The Guardian}}</ref> after finishing second at the Westminster Schools Athletics Competition.

At the [[1998 European Athletics Championships]], Golding was favourite to win the gold medal in the 200 metres. After running a series of fast times and winning both heats and semi-finals convincingly, he was beaten by teammate [[Dougie Walker]] in the final, winning a bronze medal.

In the same year, he represented [[England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won two [[gold medal]]s in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=16 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36848|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> In the 200 metres he set a personal best time of 20.34 seconds in the semi-finals. In the 4 × 100 metres sprint relay, the team ran a new Commonwealth Games record of 38.20 seconds. He also helped the Great British 4 × 100-metre relay team to victory in the [[1998 IAAF World Cup]] and [[1998 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]], as well as running the last leg at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]] in Athens, in which Britain won bronze.

During the 1999 athletic season, Golding won the national title in 20.20 seconds (wind assisted) and continued that form, winning some high profile international Grand Prix events. The Crystal Grand Prix is considered to be one of Golding's best performances; he won the 200 metres from a world class field in the time of 20.23 seconds, running into a strong headwind of −1.1 metres per second. Golding went on to finish 7th in the final of the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]] in Seville, and finished the year ranked number nine in the world.

He was part of [[Team GB]]'s 4 × 100-metre relay team at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, but the team were disqualified in the first round. He failed to qualify for his preferred event, due to illness at the Olympic Trials.<ref name=TG/>

Golding's last major competition was in 2003, where he represented Great Britain at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|Paris World Championships]]. Three years later, he was forced to retire prematurely due to persistent injuries.

==Personal life==
On 18 July 2012, Golding graduated from [[Middlesex University]] with First Class Honours for Sports and Exercise Science with Teaching & Coaching.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/i-3-mdx/i-mdx-stories/athlete-graduate-gold|title=Former Olympic athlete and Commonwealth Games gold medallist|publisher=Middlesex University}}</ref> Julian is now a qualified P.E teacher working at St Mary Magdalene's Secondary Phase.

==Personal bests==
His time of 20.18 seconds (−0.2) ranks him sixth on the 200 metres All-Time UK rankings, with only [[John Regis (athlete)|John Regis]], [[Christian Malcolm]], [[Linford Christie]], [[Darren Campbell]] and [[Adam Gemili]] ahead of him.

*[[100 metres]] – 10.28 (1998)<ref name=WA/>
*[[200 metres]] – 20.18 (1998)<ref name=WA/>
* 150 metres – 15.39w (1995)

==Achievements==
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!colspan="6"|Representing the {{GBR}} and {{ENG}}
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|rowspan=3|1994
|rowspan=3|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|8th
|100 m
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.46]] <small>(wind: +1.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|9th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|21.21]] <small>(wind: +1.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.60]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|rowspan=2|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Turku]], Finland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.46]] <small>(wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.99]]
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.14]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1998
|rowspan=2|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd
|200 metres
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.72]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.52]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|200 metres
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.18]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.20]]
|-
|2000
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Ghent]], Belgium
|bgcolor="CC9966"| 3rd
|200 metres
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.05]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 4x100 metres}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100 m Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 200m Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100 m Men|1998}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 200m Men}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 4x100m Men}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4x100 m Men}}

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[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:People educated at St Augustine's Church of England High School]]
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[[Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Brent]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
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