- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (4 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563487380
- ISBN-13: 978-0563487388
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 589,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Colin Jackson's stature as one of the most celebrated of British athletes is assured; those who have watched his astonishing performances have marvelled at the sprint hurdler's effortless agility and breathtaking speed. With 25 major championship medals under his belt, there is little doubt that he is the most considerable athlete his particular sport has ever known. Colin Jackson: The Autobiography has arrived at a significant moment, just after the athlete announced his retirement after 20 years of top-level competition.
As readers of sports autobiographies know to their cost, such books can be by-rote, self-congratulatory accounts of sporting successes, but this is something different. While Jackson discusses such career bests as his breaking of the World Outdoor 110 metres record in Stuttgart in the 1990s, he is also prepared to talk about the bleak moments, such as his less-than-impressive showing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics after an injury KO'd his chances. And Jackson's life has much more to it than sport: there are affecting passages here on the unexpected death of his fellow athlete Ross Baillie and his acrimonious break-up with friend and business partner Linford Christie. But it is writing about his sport that Jackson (aided by top sports journalist David Conn) really excels at: he makes it clear the nothing less than total dedication is involved in being a winner, and he is unsparing about the consequences of drugs. There is an unvarnished account, too, of the corruption Jackson has encountered in the sports business over the years. This is one of the most impressive of sports autobiographies written. --Barry Forshaw
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One of the greatest athletes ever to come out of the United Kingdom, Colin Jackson has defied injury and the athlete's typically short career span to become a champion hurdler of previously unheard of longevity. Jackson won his fourth European 110m hurdle title in August 2002 and has ranked in the world's top ten hurdlers every year since 1986; he has recorded more fast times than any other hurdler and holds the world record for the 110 metres. In this book he speaks candidly for the first time about drugs, corruption and mis-management as well as his relationships with the greats of British athletics.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
COLIN JACKSON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY is a must read for anyone interested in athletics or sports in general. I have marked it down only because I'd liked to have seen a full index of Jackson's race-results towards the end of the book, yet we only have names referenced. This aside, the book is not only an honest (tell-what-needs-to-be-told) autobiography that pulls no punches but it certainly keeps the reading flicking over the pages, eager to learn what may unfold on the next. Jackson hints at more to come, in terms of a book on nutrition and the mental aspect of success. I look forward to this work, and I also hope that Colin finds the inclination to pen another biography: along the lines of David Niven's BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES. With Jackson's sense of humour and time spent with some of the greats, this would be an interesting read to say the least. (Reviewed, Feb 2004.)
4 of 9 people found the following review helpful
An absolutely amazing book! Couldn't keep my eyes off it until it was finished.
Everyone who is a fan of Athletics should read it as it is an inspiring, excellant book.
Everyone who is a fan of Athletics should read it as it is an inspiring, excellant book.
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