Tony Jarrett

Tony Jarrett (born: August 13, 1968 in Enfield, London, England) was a sprint and hurdling athlete.

He would undoubtedly been more of a household name if his career had not been overshadowed by the quite awesome achievements of fellow Briton Colin Jackson who beat him into second place on numerous occasions at major competitions such as the World Championships, Commonwealth Games (twice), European Championships and Goodwill Games. Colin also defeated Tony eight times at the national championships.

Tony was disqualified for false starts at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the first round and the Edmonton World Championships a year later in the semi-finals, events he never appeared to recover from.

Achievements

(110 metre hurdles unless stated)

• 1987 European Junior Championships
  • Gold medal
• 1990 Commonwealth Games
  • Silver medal
• 1990 IAAF European Championships
  • Silver medal
• 1991 World Championships in Athletics
  • Bronze medal
• 1993 World Championships in Athletics
  • Silver medal
• 1994 Commonwealth Games
  • Silver medal
• 1994 Goodwill Games
  • Silver medal
• 1994 IAAF European Championships
  • Bronze medal
• 1994 IAAF World Cup
  • Gold medal
• 1995 World Championships in Athletics
  • Silver medal
• 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships
  • 60m hurdles: Bronze medal
• 1998 Commonwealth Games
  • Gold medal
• 1999 IAAF European Cup
  • Silver medal