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Jamie Baulch, gbr |
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Having sparkled as a junior at 200m, Jamie progressed to world class at 400m, twice making the World final outdoors and winning the 1999 World Indoor title as well as achieving great relay success. 1993 - 1995 In 1993 he ran a Welsh record 46.50 at Sheffield in his first individual race at the distance since 1990, and he made a breakthrough in 1995 when he progressed to 45.14. 1996 In 1996 he ran a 44.19 second leg for Britain's Olympic silver medal team that set a European record, and set his fifth Welsh record with 44.57. 1997 In 1997 he set Welsh indoor records at 46.36 and 46.13 before smashing Todd Bennett's 12-year-old UK and Commonwealth indoor record of 45.56 with 45.39 at the UK Trials and then took the World Indoor silver behind Sunday Bada (Nigeria). Later he made the World final outdoors with a season's best 44.69 in the semis and ran a 44.08 third leg on the British silver-medal relay team. 1998 After a slow start to the 1998 season he was back in good form at the Commonwealth Games. 1999 In 1999, Jamie had a great indoor season, winning all his five competitions at 400m, including taking the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, Japan and running a best time of 45.60 in Birmingham. Outdoors he had a best of 44.82 in Lausanne, which he followed with a clear win at the AAAs in 45.36. At the World Championships he had four individual runs in the low-45s, again making the final, and ran a fine, but unavailing 44.24 anchor leg for the British team that went out in the heats of the 4x400m. 2000 In 2000 he won over 400m at the European Cup and had a season's best of 45.06, but he had a disappointing Olympic Games, going out in the heats of the 400m in 46.52, although producing a final leg of 44.65 to ensure that Britain made the final of the 4x400m. 2001 - 2002 He was selected as captain of the British team at the 2001 World Indoors, but had to withdraw through injury and struggled for form in the summer, with a season's best of 46.15 in the heats at Edmonton, where he ran an encouraging 44.4 second leg for the British team in the final of the World 4x400m. With an individual best of 46.01, he was again seen to best effect in relays in 2002, with an excellent third leg (45.1) to help Britain to victory in the European Cup 4x400m and a scintillating third leg of 44.5 for the Welsh team that took the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in a great race against England. 2003 He came back to form in 2003 with two bronze medals at the World Indoors, when he ran 45.99 to share the individual bronze medal with Paul McKee and in the relay. He ran a solid third leg for the British 4x400m team at the European Cup, but had a disappointing outdoor season with a best of 46.43.
He also took part in the BBC Superstars competition. The eventual champion, Du'aine Ladejo, certainly felt the pressure in the final, winning only the 100m after a good-humoured and desperately close sprint-out with Baulch. Baulch picked up victories in the pool and - surprisingly - on the football field, but let himself down in the skill events of tennis and archery to finish third.
2004 In 2004 he ran 45.67 at high altitude in Mexico City in May but his best was only 46.44 thereafter.
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