George McCallum (sprinter)
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| Born | 30 January 1963 Stirling, Scotland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Sprinting | |||||||||||
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George McCallum (born 30 January 1963) is a Scottish former athlete who competed in sprinting events.
McCallum, the son of a former Third Lanark footballer, was born and raised in Stirling. In 1984 he achieved the 100 metre and 200 metre double at the Scottish championships.[1][2] He won the Scottish 200 metres title again in 1986, to earn a place on Scotland's Commonwealth Games team. At the Commonwealth Games he narrowly missed a place in the 200 metres final with a ninth placing but ran on the bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m relay team.[3]
A graduate of Heriot-Watt University, McCallum works in the finance industry.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Flying Scot". Western Daily Press. 2 July 1984 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No way back for Walker as Mackie puts on show". HeraldScotland. 25 June 2001.
- ^ "McCallum gains a bronze consolation". Stirling Observer. 8 August 1986 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "George's Games goal". Stirling Observer. 4 July 1986 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Scottish male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Sportspeople from Stirling
- Alumni of Heriot-Watt University