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| BEFORE... |
| Born in Jamaica in 1960. | | Won the 100m at the 1986 and 1990 European championships. | | Won gold medals in the 100m at the 1992 Olymics and the 1993 World Championships. | | In 1993, he was the first track athlete ever to hold the World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time. | | Won the 1993 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award. | | Set the indoor record in 200 metres (20.25 secs) on February 19th, 1995 in Lievin, France. | | Between 1995 and 1997 Linford was the captain of the mens British athletic team. | | |
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| AFTER... |
| Announced his retirement after the World Championships in Athens 1997, as Britains most successful athlete. | | He's sponsored by Puma and Volvo who he works with on various projects. | | In 1995 released the autobiography "To Be Honest With You". | | In 1998 began presenting the Childrens BBC TV show "Linford's Record Breakers". | | Forced to come back for the indoor season in 1999 after a challenge from his training group. | | Has starred in some adverts on TV advertising Prudential banking and Kellogs Bran Flakes. | | Now coaches a small team of athletes known as Team Linford which includes Jamie Baulch, Darren Campbell, Katherine Merry and Paul Gray. |
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| DO YOU REMEMBER... |
| Linford being disqualified from the 100m final in 1996 after two false starts. | | The media fuss over his "lunchbox". |
| DID YOU KNOW... |
| His personal best at the 100 metres is 9.87 seconds, which at the time was 0.01 seconds outside the world record. | | He was the first European to run 100 metres in under 10 seconds. |
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