Chris Maddocks
Personal information | |
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Full name | Christopher Lloyd Maddocks |
Nationality | British |
Born | Tiverton, Devon | 28 March 1957
Sport | |
Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Racewalking |
Retired | 2002 |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1984 - 50 km - 16th 1988 - 20 km - 24th 1992 - 20 km - 16th 1996 - 50 km - 34th 2000 - 50 km - 39th |
World finals | 1983 - 50 km - 9th 1989 - 20 km - 15th |
Regional finals | 2000 European - 20 km - 49th |
Updated on 16 July 2012. |
Christopher ("Chris") Lloyd Maddocks (born 28 March 1957) is a male retired
Athletic career
Born in
In 1983, Maddocks improved his British 50 km record again with a ninth-place finish at the IAAF World Cup in Bergen, Norway.[2] He made his first Olympic appearance at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[3] finishing his race in sixteenth place.[4] Maddocks was runner up in the English Commonwealth Games trials in 1986, qualifying him for the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[5] At the Games, he finished the race in fourth position.[1] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he finished in 24th position in the men's 20 km walk.[6]
In November 1989, Maddocks was part of an invited elite field of international race walkers in the
Maddocks's final international race was at the Sydney
After the 2000 Summer Olympics, his lack of an honour in the
Journalist and Commentator
In April 2002, two months after he started studying journalism at University of Leeds, Maddocks announced his retirement from professional athletics.[4]
He won an award for services to athletics at the 2000
Personal life
Maddocks lives in Devon with wife Fiona and daughter Eleanor.
Autobiography
Chris struggled with his inner demons for many years before writing his autobiography. "Money Walks" was published to coincide with the 2012 Olympics, at which time Chris was a specialist TV sports commentator for NBC. The book is available on Amazon.
Publication
Money Walks - An autobiography by five-time Olympian Chris Maddocks (2012). Short Run Press Ltd.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Turnbull, Simon (23 April 2000). "Long walk into history Chris Maddocks is heading for his fifth Olympics. Yet he remains unknown". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ IAAF. "25th IAAF World Race Walking cup. Saransk 2012. Facts and Figures" (PDF). cloudfront.net. p. 18. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b Turnbull, Simon (30 July 2000). "There's no business like shoe business". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Hemery praises five-times Olympian". BBC News. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Women athletes closer to agreement". The Glasgow Herald. 28 April 1986. p. 10. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympic results". The Vindicator. 23 September 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "British Race Walking Legend Chris Maddocks". Athletics Weekly. 25 November 2015. p. 37.
- ^ RWA. "Race Walking Association. Best Performances". Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Maddocks strides into Aussie hearts". BBC Sport. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ a b Fox, Norman (31 December 2000). "No place for gallantry in gongs for gold Norman Fox bemoans notable omissions from the New Year honours". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Chris Maddocks Race Walking Analyst". NBC Sports Group. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Lewis Clarke (3 September 2018). "Five time Olympian takes on new challenge with 24 hour commentary. Mr Maddocks took on the challenging assignment on August 18 and 19". Devon News. Retrieved 1 October 2018.