Michael McFarlane
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Mike McFarlane (Michael Anthony McFarlane; born 2 May 1960) was a British
athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. He started out as a schoolboy winning the English schoolboys 200 metres on 3 different occasions. This success continued as he went on to win the AAAs junior Indoor 60/200 metre titles. This followed by an outdoor AAAs junior 200 victory. He was also a South of England Champion and in 1979/1980 he won the European junior and AAAs Indoor 200 metre titles.
In 1980 he went to the Moscow Olympics where he ran in the 200 metres, where he got to the quarter final. He was also a member of the sprint relay team that reached the final and finished 4th in a new British record.
In 1982 after winning the U.K. championships 200, he went to his 2nd Commonwealth Games where he won a Joint Commonwealth Gold alongside 1980 Olympic 100 metre champion Allan Wells
in an historic and memorable 200 metres where both men could not be separated, and both claimed Gold medals.
In 1984 he won the U.K. championships 100 metres, then went to the Los Angeles Olympics where he reached the final of the 100 metres, and finished an excellent 5th.
In 1985 he became European Indoor Champion at 60 metres.
In 1986 He competed at his 3rd Commonwealth games where he won Bronze in the 100 metres, and silver in the sprint relay. He also reached the European 100 metre final in Stuttgart in 1986 where he finished 6th.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics
held in Seoul
, South Korea
in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Elliot Bunney
, John Regis
and Linford Christie
.
His personal bests were
100 metres-10.22.
200 metres-20.43.
He subsequently made a successful career in coaching after retirement and is a high performance coach for UK Athletics based at the National Athletics Centre in Lee Valley.
Olympic Games
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Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
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European Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The European Athletics Indoor Championships were held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games which had been held since 1966. Run by the European Athletic Association, the championships took place annually in different cities all over Europe until 1990, when it was changed...
Mike McFarlane (Michael Anthony McFarlane; born 2 May 1960) was a British
Great Britain
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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. He started out as a schoolboy winning the English schoolboys 200 metres on 3 different occasions. This success continued as he went on to win the AAAs junior Indoor 60/200 metre titles. This followed by an outdoor AAAs junior 200 victory. He was also a South of England Champion and in 1979/1980 he won the European junior and AAAs Indoor 200 metre titles.
In 1980 he went to the Moscow Olympics where he ran in the 200 metres, where he got to the quarter final. He was also a member of the sprint relay team that reached the final and finished 4th in a new British record.
In 1982 after winning the U.K. championships 200, he went to his 2nd Commonwealth Games where he won a Joint Commonwealth Gold alongside 1980 Olympic 100 metre champion Allan Wells
Allan Wells
Allan Wipper Wells MBE is a former Scottish athlete, who became Olympic Champion in the 100 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:...
in an historic and memorable 200 metres where both men could not be separated, and both claimed Gold medals.
In 1984 he won the U.K. championships 100 metres, then went to the Los Angeles Olympics where he reached the final of the 100 metres, and finished an excellent 5th.
In 1985 he became European Indoor Champion at 60 metres.
In 1986 He competed at his 3rd Commonwealth games where he won Bronze in the 100 metres, and silver in the sprint relay. He also reached the European 100 metre final in Stuttgart in 1986 where he finished 6th.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
held in Seoul
Seoul
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, South Korea
South Korea
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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Elliot Bunney
Elliot Bunney
Elliot John Bunney was a Scottish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He won the AAAs Junior championships in 1984, and 85. He was also a Scottish 100 metre champion in 85, 86, 89, 91,92, and 93...
, John Regis
John Regis (athlete)
John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...
and Linford Christie
Linford Christie
Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
.
His personal bests were
100 metres-10.22.
200 metres-20.43.
He subsequently made a successful career in coaching after retirement and is a high performance coach for UK Athletics based at the National Athletics Centre in Lee Valley.