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Also known as Dwain Anthony Chambers

English sprint athlete

Key facts

Nationality
British (English)
Born
( 1978-04-05 ) 5 April 1978 (age 48) , London, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
183 lb (83 kg)
Sport
Men's athletics
Event s
100 metres, 60 metres
Club
Belgrave Harriers
Personal best
9.97 s

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Chambers
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Languages spoken
English language
Member of team
Castleford Tigers
Position played
wide receiver
Country for sport
United Kingdom
Mass
83
Image
Dwain Chambers 07032009 Turin.JPG
Height
180
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Commons category
Dwain Chambers
date of birth
1978-04-05
sports discipline competed in
100 metres
name in native language
Dwain Chambers
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Encyclopedic overview

Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978) is a British track sprinter. He has won international medals at World and European levels and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres, with a best of 9.97 seconds, which ranks him equal 9th on the British all-time list. He is the former European record holder for the 60 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay events with 6.42 seconds and 37.73 s respectively.

Chambers ran a 100 m world junior record of 10.06 s in 1997 and became the youngest ever medalist in the event at the 1999 World Championships, taking the bronze. On his Olympic début at the 2000 Sydney Olympics he was the best European performer in fourth place. He broke the 10-second barrier twice at the 2001 World Championships. In 2003 he received a two-year athletics ban after testing positive for THG, a banned performance-enhancing drug and was stripped of the 100 m European title and record he achieved in 2002.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dwain Chambers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.