Colin Reitz
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| Full name | Colin Robert Reitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1960 (age 64) London, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000 m steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 8:12.11 (1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Colin Robert Reitz (born 6 April 1960) is a male English former track athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Career
[edit]Reitz won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships representing Great Britain, and a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games representing England. He also won the 1983 AAA Championships title and competed at two Olympic Games.
Born in London, Reitz competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where he was eliminated in the semifinals. He represented England in the 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres steeplechase events, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1]
In 1983, he won the AAAs title, and went on to win the bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he finished fifth in the final. In July 1986, he won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[2] before finishing fourth at the European Championships in August. He set his personal best in the steeplechase with 8:12.11 on 5 September 1986 at a meet in Brussels. In the Track and Field News world merit rankings, he ranked in the top 10 three times; in 1983 (#4), 1984 (#6) and 1986 (#7). His final major competition was the 1987 World Championships, where he was eliminated in the heats.
International competitions
[edit]All results regarding 3000m steeplechase unless stated.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing  Great Britain /  England
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| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 15th (s) | 8:29.8 | |
| 1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 10th | 8:28.87 | |
| Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 6th | 3:44.35 (1500 m) | ||
| 8th | 8:41.94 | ||||
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 8:17.75 | |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 8:15.48 | |
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3rd | 8:26.14 | |
| European Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 4th | 8:18.12 | ||
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 28th (h) | 8:40.55 | |
(#) Indicates overall position achieved in the semis (s) or heats (h).
References
[edit]- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- 1960 births
- Living people
- English male long-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes from London
- English male steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games