Chris Lambert (athlete)

Chris Lambert (athlete)
For other people of the same name, see Chris Lambert (disambiguation).
Chris Lambert
Personal information
Born 6 April 1981
London, England
Height 1.88 m
Weight 88 kg
Sport
Country Great Britain and England
Club Belgrave Harriers
Turned pro 2003
Achievements and titles
World finals 2005
200m- 1st round DNS
Olympic finals 2004
200m- 1st round DNF
Highest world ranking 10 (Feb 2005)
Personal best(s) 100 m 10.24 (1999)
200 m 20.34 (2003)
Updated on 9th April 2010.

Christopher Patrick Lambert (born April 6, 1981 in Dulwich, London) is a former professional sprinter from England.

He grew up in London going to school at Oliver Goldsmith's Primary School in Camberwell and Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, before attending Harvard University in America.

As a junior athlete in 1999, Lambert finished 3rd at the European Junior Championships and ran the fastest time in the world over 200m for an U20 athlete. Named captain of the Great British Junior team in 2000, he was unable to compete for the majority of the season due to a hamstring injury but left the age group ranked 3rd on the national all-time list. At Harvard, Lambert broke the college records for the 100m and 200m, the Ivy League 200m record and finished 4th in the 2003 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, becoming an NCAA All-American.

On graduating and beginning a professional career, Lambert won gold in a championship record time at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships. Due to injury he surrendered his place on the British 4x100m relay team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He claimed a silver medal at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships then in an injury-plagued career he was also selected for but had to withdraw from the 2002 European Athletics Championships, 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

He finally retired in 2008 on suffering several stress fractures to the right tibia.

Lambert is a keen football fan. A lifelong Arsenal supporter, he also plays every Saturday for the graduate team of St. Anne's College, Oxford - the MGA Vets - in the Wimbledon & District League.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  United Kingdom and  England
1999 European Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 3rd 200 m
2001 World Student Games Beijing, PR China 3rd 100 m
2003 World Student Games Daegu, South Korea 1st 100 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 200 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd 200 m

External links


v · d · eSummer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m

 1959: Livio Berruti (ITA)  •  1961 – 1963: Enrique Figuerola (CUB)  •  1965: Hideo Iijima (JPN)  •  1967: Gaoussou Koné (CIV)  •  1970: Siegfried Schenke (GDR)  •  1973: Juris Silovs (URS)  •  1975: Pietro Mennea (ITA)  •  1977: Silvio Leonard (CUB)  •  1979: Mike Roberson (USA)  •  1981: Mel Lattany (USA)  •  1983 – 1985: Chidi Imoh (NGR)  •  1987: Lee McRae (USA)  •  1989: Andre Cason (USA)  •  1991: Michael Bates (USA)  •  1993: Daniel Effiong (NGR)  •  1995: David Oaks (USA)  •  1997: Vincent Henderson (USA)  •  1999: André da Silva (BRA)  •  2001: Marcus Brunson (USA)  •  2003: Chris Lambert (GBR)  •  2005: Hu Kai (CHN)  •  2007: Simeon Williamson (GBR)  •  2009: Rolando Palacios (HON)  •  2011: Jacques Harvey (JAM)


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