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Kriss Akabusi
MBE
Akabusi at Hyde Park, 2012
Personal information
Full name
Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi
Nationality
British
Born
(1958-11-28) 28 November 1958 (age 65) Paddington, London, England
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
Sprinting, hurdling
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
4x400 m relay
1992 Barcelona
400 m hurdles
1992 Barcelona
4x400 m relay
World Championships
1991 Tokyo
4x400 m relay
1987 Rome
4x400 m relay
1991 Tokyo
400 m hurdles
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart
4x400 m relay
1990 Split
400 m hurdles
1990 Split
4x400 m relay
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland
400 m hurdles
Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi//ⓘ, MBE (born 28 November 1958),[1][2] known as Kriss Akabusi, is a British broadcaster and former sprint and hurdling track and field athlete.
His first international successes were with the British 4×400 metres relay team, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, golds at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and 1986 European Athletics Championships, and another silver at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.[3] He progressed individually in 400 metres hurdles from the late 1980s onwards, taking bronze at the 1989 IAAF World Cup. His time of 47.93 seconds to win the 1990 European Athletics Championships was a British record, and he also won gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
He reached the peak of his career over the next two years, winning a hurdles bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships and anchoring the British team to a narrow victory over the American team in 2:57.53 minutes – a British record for the 4 × 400 m relay. He followed this with a British 400 m hurdles record of 47.82 seconds to take the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he also won bronze with the 4×400 m relay team. Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker.[4]
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