David McKenzie (athlete)

David McKenzie (athlete)
Competition record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1994 Victoria, British Columbia 4x400m relay
European Championships
Gold 1994 European Championships Helsinki 4x400m relay
IAAF World Cup
Gold 1994 IAAF World Cup 4x400m relay

David McKenzie (born 3 September 1970) is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, along with teammates, Peter Crampton, Adrian Patrick, and Du'aine Ladejo.

Early life

McKenzie attended Ingram High School in Croydon, South London and trained with Croydon Harriers. On 11 Aug 1985 at Crystal Palace, just one month shy of his fifteenth birthday, he ran a time of 49.97s for the 400 metres, at the time the second fastest ever time for an under-15 athlete, and as at 2008 was still the third fastest time.

Senior career

He reached his all time peak on 12 June 1994 when he ran 45.47s at Sheffield for Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers.[1] This earned him a solid place in the England team for the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia. At those games he was part of the 4x400 metres relay team that took gold (along with Peter Crampton, Adrian Patrick, and Du'aine Ladejo with Mark Smith and Alex Fugallo in earlier rounds). David also won a relay gold medal in the 1994 Helsinki European Championship 4x400 metres relay team alongside Brian Whittle, Roger Black and Du'aine Ladejo. McKenzie was to also feature in the season ending World Cup at Crystal Palace again winning gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay with team mates Du'aine Ladejo, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black.

References

  1. ^ The Power of 10 official website
v · d · eEuropean Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay

1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner)  • 1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig)  • 1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hotel, Lunis)  • 1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh)  • 1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin du Gard, Goudeau)  • 1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury)  • 1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder)  • 1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński)  • 1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet)  • 1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler)  • 1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins)  • 1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid)  • 1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber)  • 1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black)  • 1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black)  • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo)  • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson)  • 2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines)  • 2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil)  • 2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
v · IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay

1977: West Germany (Krieg, Hofmeister, Schmid, Herrmann)  • 1979: United States (Frazier, Green, Smith, Darden)  • 1981: United States (McCoy, Wiley, Smith, Darden)  • 1985: United States (McCoy, Phillips, Armstead, Franks)  • 1989: Americas (Martínez, Menezes, Burnett, Hernández)  • 1992: Africa (Lahlou, Matete, Kemboi, Bada)  • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Ladejo, Baulch, Black)  • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Baldock, Thomas)  • 2002: Americas (Sánchez, Francique, McDonald, Blackwood)  • 2006: United States (Ashley, Brew, Merritt, Williamson)  • 2010: Americas (Brenes, Jackson, Nixon, Chambers)


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