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Roger Black

1966 - Today

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Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is an English former athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain and England. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4 × 400 metres relay gold medals at both the World and European Championships. Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker. In 2008, Black joined forces with fellow athlete Steve Backley and founded BackleyBlack LLP. Black has a collection of fifteen medals from major senior athletics competitions to add to his two European junior championship gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Roger Black is the 5,392nd most popular athlete (down from 4,245th in 2024), the 7,809th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,337th in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Roger Black ranks 5,392 out of 6,025. Before him are Kate Slatter, Jesús España, Tobias Wendl, Björn Goldschmidt, Belinda Stowell, and Mayra Aguiar. After him are Tatiana Kashirina, Maia and Alex Shibutani, Marie-Hélène Prémont, Tina Dietze, Dipika Pallikal, and Tomass Dukurs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Roger Black ranks 1,104. Before him are Risa Hontiveros, Kevin Martin, Jon Sieben, Jeff Zients, Mike Chioda, and Nancy McKeon. After him are Lou Barlow, Paul Dolan, Danny Ferry, Shankar Balasubramanian, Bruce Gilley, and Kay Kay Menon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 7,811 out of 8,785. Before him are Ellie Kendrick (1990), Luke Littler (2007), Jak Alnwick (1993), Michael Jung (null), Nell Hudson (1990), and Rafi Gavron (1989). After him are Megan Burns (1986), Jorja Smith (1997), John Sheridan (1964), Jonny Bairstow (1989), Claire Rushbrook (1971), and Duncan Goodhew (1957).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Roger Black ranks 181. Before him are Kathy Smallwood-Cook (1960), Phillips Idowu (1978), Stephen Jones (null), Ben Ainslie (1977), Luke Littler (2007), and Michael Jung (null). After him are Ian Wynne (1973), Sally Gunnell (1966), Tasha Danvers (1977), Campbell Walsh (1977), Paul Ratcliffe (1973), and Danny Talbot (1991).

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