Paul Blagg

Paul Blagg
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1960-01-23) 23 January 1960
Guildford, England
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Race walk
ClubCambridge Harriers, Bexleyheath

Paul Blagg (born 23 January 1960) is a retired male race walker from England who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]*[2]

Biography

Blagg represented England in the 30 kilometres walk event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[3][4]

Blagg finished third behind Ian McCombie in the 10,000 metres walk event at the 1986 AAA Championships[5] and would reach the podium of the AAASs on three more occasions in 1988, 1989 and 1991.[6]

He set his personal best (3:59.55) in the 50 km race in 1987 and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he represented Great Britain in the 50km walk.[1] A second appearance for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona ensued.[1]

Blagg is now a successful trainer and rider in point to point horse races.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  United Kingdom and  England
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 19th 50 km 3:59:55
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 28th 50 km 4:00:07
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia — 50 km DNF
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 22nd 50 km 4:35:22
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 30th 50 km 4:23:10

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Profile". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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