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Darren Andrew Campbell, MBE (born 12 September 1973) is a British former sprint athlete. He was the sprint coach at Wasps Rugby Club for the 2015–16 season. [1] He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay.
May 14, 2018 · Darren Campbell, who won Olympic gold in the 4x100m relay in 2004, suffered a pituitary apoplexy and had to be resuscitated. He says he is "relieved to be alive" and wants to spend time with his family.
Jul 14, 2021 · Darren Campbell won 200m silver and 4x100m gold at the Olympics, but also led a double life as a gang member in Manchester. He reveals how he survived knife fights, pub robberies and the murder of a friend, and how athletics saved him.
Mar 9, 2021 · The former Olympic 4x100m relay champion and 200m silver medallist will work with Tim Benjamin and Christian Malcolm to support athletes and coaches. Campbell retired in 2006 and has been involved in media work since then.
- Haunted by Flashbacks to Brain Bleed
- ‘Writing The Book Was Therapy’
- ‘It’s Important to Dream – and Dream Big’
- Campbell’s Heroes: Mum and Linford
- Taking A Breath Is An Amazing Feeling’
At first, a man who at his peak ran the 100m in 10 seconds could barely put one foot in front of another. His recovery was gradual; Campbell estimates it took a year until he felt himself again. And even now, reminders still surface. “It is something that’s everlasting because I have flashbacks,” he says. “It’s a little bit scary. But it just remin...
Campbell’s memoirs recount his rise from a single-parent upbringing in Manchester’s roughest areas to becoming one of Britain’s most decorated and popular track athletes, and an MBE. Reliving his struggles – teachers who mocked his ambitions, everyday racism, the prevalence of drug cheats in the sport he loves – reaffirmed his fighting spirit. “Wri...
Campbell’s book devotes relatively little space, just six pages of epilogue, to his brush with death and its aftermath. Naturally, he would rather be defined by his Olympic and World Championship medals and his European and Commonwealth titles. But he also felt it important to underline the hardship he overcame on the way, which included the gangla...
Campbell cites his mum, Marva, who enrolled him at Sale Harriers after he shone on his first school sports day, as the biggest influence on his success. “I remember phoning her after I won the Olympic silver [in the 200m at Sydney in 2000],” he says. “I expected her to go crazy. She just said: ‘I knew you could do it.’” Linford Christie, whose tute...
Since the pandemic, Campbell’s own coaching career has been on hold, although he hopes to revive it when possible. His supplement business, PAS Nutrition– seemingly an attempt to keep his sport honest as much as it is an enterprise – and his broadcasting work, however, are going strong. Lockdown has changed the pace of life, though, and his serious...
May 19, 2018 · Darren Campbell, who won 4x100m relay gold at the 2004 Olympics, was resuscitated after a seizure at home. He suffered a pituitary apoplexy, a rare condition that nearly killed him, and is now back with his family.
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Darren CAMPBELL is a former British sprinter who won the 4x100 m relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He also competed in the 100 m and 200 m, and won European and Commonwealth titles in both events.
