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Records
are smashed as athletes get better and faster all
the time…
Who’s
the highest jumper? Who’s the fastest swimmer?
Which athlete has won the most medals of all time
at the Commonwealth Games?
Find out about these and other exciting records in
this part of my website.
Keep an eye out for new records broken at this summer’s
Commonwealth Games! |
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Edmonton
1978, Brisbane 1982, Edinburgh 1986
Born
in Nottting Hill in 1958, Daley Thompson is one
of the most successful all-round athletes ever.
His first Decathlon win in Wales in 1975, was the
first of many great victories. Just three years
later he won his first Commonwealth gold.
The nation was glued to their TV sets as Thompson
increased his collection of gold medals at the 1982
and 1986 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 1980
and 1984 Olympic Games where he scored a world record
of 8847 points. Winning the world Decathlon Championship
gold in 1983 adds to the amazing career of a true
Champion. |
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Victoria
1994
In
1994 Cathy Freeman became the first Aboriginal sprinter
to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and
the first athlete in Commonwealth history to win
golds in both the 200m and 400m events. She caused
a stir after the races too by carrying the Aboriginal
flag as well as the Australian one in a victory
lap.
Her sporting exploits have touched the heart of
her nation, so much so that she was chosen to light
the Olympic flame in Sydney. She’s was also
voted Young Australian of the Year 1990, and Australian
of the Year 1998. |
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Edmonton
1978, Brisbane 1982
Allan
Wells has won 3 Commonwealth medals, but surprisingly
that’s not what he’s most famous for.
In a strange incident in the 200m final, he was
jointly awarded gold along with the Englishman Mike
McFarlane, after the computers registered both their
times as 20.43 seconds. Wells also won gold at the
100m in Moscow, making him one of the most successful
Scottish athletes ever. |
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Victoria
1994, Kuala Lumpur 1998
One
of Australia’s most successful track cyclists,
Shane Kelly picked up gold medals in the last 2
Commonwealth Games. However, the former world champion
will be remembered for a mistake at the 1996 Olympics
when, speeding his way to a landslide victory, his
foot slipped out of the pedal, leaving his dreams
in tatters. |
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Edinburgh
– 1986
Back
in 1986 an unknown super-heavyweight fighting in
the colours of Canada, stepped into the ring. Lennox
Claudius Lewis, born in West Ham, England blasted
his way to Commonwealth gold under the banner of
the maple leaf. Two years after his Falkirk Commonwealth
success, he was collecting gold at the Seoul Olympics.
After turning pro, and switching his loyalty to
the country of his birth, Lennox became the first
boxer to win both world heavyweight titles since
Iron Mike Tyson 10 years before him. |
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