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My Take
Roger Black's record makes me pause and admire it. A 190cm British quarter-miler, he took individual 400m silver at both the Olympics and the World Championships, struck individual gold at the Europeans twice, and added relay gold on both stages. There is a particular dignity in being the man a step behind the very best, again and again, and then converting that into a thoughtful broadcasting career capped by an MBE. The Portsmouth-born athlete, born in 1966, embodies what I think of as the aesthetics of silver: the near-miss that often produces the most reflective and articulate voices in sport.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roger Black
- Name (Japanese)
- ロジャー・ブラック
- Reading
- ろじゃー・ぶらっく
- Born
- March 31, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Horse
- Origin
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television presenter / sprinter / athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television presenter — see all → · Sprinter — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.