Kriss Akabusi

As a track fan, I hold Kriss Akabusi in high regard. The 1984 Olympic relay silver, golds at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and European Championships, a World Championships podium, and an MBE add up to a genuinely decorated career. What I admire just as much, though, is his second act: that booming, unmistakable laugh turned him into a beloved television presenter long after he left the track. There's something I find genuinely inspiring about an athlete who keeps bringing people joy once the racing is done. To me, that ability to reinvent and still light up a room is its own kind of medal.

Name (English)

Kriss Akabusi

Name (Japanese)

クリス・アカブシ

Reading

くりす・あかぶし

Born

November 28, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

Origin

Paddington, United Kingdom

Height

185 cm

Occupation

athletics competitor / television presenter

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.akabusi.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/krissakabusi/
• Xhttps://x.com/krissakabusi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriss%20Akabusi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%83%96%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385327

Tags

• athletics competitor
• television presenter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.