Roger Black

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Roger Black
MBE
Black in 2011
Personal information
Born (1966-03-31) 31 March 1966 (age 58)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1987 Rome 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1991 Tokyo 400 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Stuttgart 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1986 Stuttgart 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1990 Split 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1990 Split 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1994 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1994 Helsinki 400 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 400 m
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 4 × 400m relay

Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is an English former 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.[1] As of July 2022, Black remains ranked joint third in the all-time Great Britain lists for the 400 metres.

  1. ^ Blaack's career straddled the era of the AAA Championships, UK Athletics Championships and British Athletics Championships, winning three of his titles at the "Triple As" and three at the "UKAs". Most domestic statisticians consider the AA Championships the 'de facto' national championships as the UK Athletics Championships, despite being the key event of the then national federation, the British Athletics Federation, often failed to attract the best athletes. Nonetheless, both events were presented as the national championships for the period in which both were held annually.