Roger Black

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Born
1966 (59 years old)
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Gosport, Hampshire, England

Position
Sprinter

Status
Retired

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Athletics

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_Retired Athletics

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_Defunct Athletics Teams

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Latest Results

					Mens 400 metres Final	30 Jul 96
					Mens 400 metres Semi Final 2	03 Aug 92

Description

Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a retired English athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4 × 400 metres relay gold medals at both the World and European Championships.

Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker. In 2008, Black joined forces with fellow athlete Steve Backley and founded BackleyBlack LLP. Black has a collection of fifteen medals from major senior athletics competitions to add to his two European junior championship gold medals.

Black won five national outdoor championships at 400 metres, and one at 200 metres. As of July 2022, Black remains ranked joint third in the all-time Great Britain lists for the 400 metres.

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