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4 unusual facts about Colin Jackson


60 metres hurdles

The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Kallur) and 7.30 seconds (Colin Jackson), respectively.

Laurent Ottoz

While inferior to the last official world record in the race, a hand timed 21.9 by Don Styron in 1960, Ottoz bettered the previous best automatic time 22.63 held by Colin Jackson, arguably the best hurdler in the world at that time.

Low hurdles

Ottoz had bettered the automatic time of 22.63 by British Olympic medalist and multi-time World Champion Colin Jackson, who held the world record in the much more common 110 metre hurdles for almost 13 years.

Prairie Theatre Exchange

In 1972-1973, MTC shut down the school, and a group spearheaded by Colin Jackson and Charles Huband founded the Manitoba Theatre Workshop (MTW) to take its place.


Andrew Pozzi

Pozzi is coached by Malcolm Arnold, the former coach of Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Championship gold medalist Colin Jackson and 400m Olympic gold medalist John Akii-Bua.


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