Tom Addison

Lynn Davies (CBE) was a British track and field athlete, with a specialism in Long Jump, throughout the 1960’s and into early 1970’s. During the period of 1964 to 1970 he became Olympic, European and Commonwealth (twice) champion. Here’s a glimpse of him in action.

British high jumping isn’t a discipline that gets a great deal of coverage on TV as it’s usually dominated by the more glamorous events but Steve Smith helped with that. We’ve had some success amongst our British athletes over the years no more so than Liverpool born Steve Smith, who not only took the British

Prior to Jess Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson coming on the scene, Denise Lewis was the darling of the British public as she competed in the heptathlon event throughout the late 1990’s and early nought’s. Throughout her career, she claimed Commonwealth, European and Olympic titles, twice missing the World title but finishing in second place. Now

Allan Wells was a British sprinter who claimed Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles across 100m, 200m and as part of the 4 x 100m team. A powerful Scotsman, who actually started his career as a triple jumper, switched to sprints with huge success. Here’s the man himself showing off his skills taking Olympic gold

Colin Jackson was a former 110m hurdle specialist and 100m runner who achieved 21 medals at major championships throughout his career. This impressive haul included 4 European titles (plus 3 indoors), 2 World titles (1 indoor), and an Olympic Silver medal. To add icing to the cake, Colin broke the World record over the 110m

Geoff Capes was a former British shot putter, strongman, and competitor at the Highland Games. Geoff was a double European indoor champion and picked up four additional medals in these games in his career and a bronze in the outdoor competition in 1974 in Rome. In addition to his European successes he also was double

Best of British would not be complete without the inclusion of Roger Bannister, famous for being the first man to break the 4 minute mile. Sir Roger Bannister, who sadly passed away in March 2018, was also European champion back in 1954 in the 1500m, which is sometimes overlooked because of his mile achievement. He

John Regis was a powerful 100/200/400m runner who was often overshadowed by Linford Christie due to some of his achievements. John Regis was a superb athlete, strong, powerful and not only achieved title of European Champion in the 200m in Split, he was a key part of the 4 x 400m team who won gold

Peter Elliott must feel like Andy Murray does in the tennis world where he would probably have found himself with multiple gold medals and titles if he wasn’t competing in an era where some of the best people in the sport is also competing. Peter, a Yorkshire lad, still managed an Olympic silver medal in

Like some of the previous middle distance greats, Mo Farah needs no introduction. Six World (10 including indoor), five European (plus 2 indoor) and four Olympic Golds, tells the story. Mo also broke the World 2 mile record, British and European records at 1500m, 3000m (indoor) 5000m (indoor and outdoor) 10000m and both half and