- Douglas Walker
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Not to be confused with Douglas Darien Walker.
Douglas Walker (born July 28, 1973 in Inverness), commonly known as Dougie Walker, is a former Scottish sprinter.
Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, in 1998 he became European champion in both 200 metres and 4x100m relay. With 31.56s he is the European record holder in 300 metres, although this distance is rarely run. He failed a drugs test in 1998 but was acquitted in 1999. On 13 May 2010 Walker made a try scoring debut for the legendary Glasgow Men-Gal Taggers.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
United Kingdom and 
Scotland1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 4x100m relay 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 200 metres 1st 4x100m relay External reference
- IAAF profile for Douglas Walker
European Champions in Men's 200 m 1934: Chris Berger (NED) • 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) • 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS) • 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR) • 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) • 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG) • 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE) • 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA) • 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI) • 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) • 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA) • 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) • 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR) • 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS) • 1990: John Regis (GBR) • 1994: Geir Moen (NOR) • 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR) • 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) • 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) • 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
European Champions in Men's 4 x 100 m relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) • 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) • 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) • 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) • 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) • 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) • 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) • 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) • 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) • 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) • 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) • 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) • 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) • 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) • 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) • 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) • 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) • 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) • 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) • 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock)
Categories:- 1973 births
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- Doping cases in athletics
- People educated at George Heriot's School
- People from Inverness
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