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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Colin McKenzie (born 3 September 1970) is a British formertrack and field athlete who won the gold medal in the4 × 400 metres relay at the1994 Commonwealth Games held inVictoria, British Columbia, Canada, along with teammates,Peter Crampton,Adrian Patrick, andDu'aine Ladejo.
McKenzie attendedIngram High School inCroydon,South London and trained withCroydon Harriers. On 11 Aug 1985 atCrystal Palace, just one month shy of his fifteenth birthday, he ran a time of 49.97s for the 400 metres, at the time the second-fastest ever time for an under-15 athlete, and as at 2008 was still the third-fastest time.
He reached his all-time peak on 12 June 1994 when he ran 45.47s at Sheffield forShaftesbury Barnet Harriers.[1] This earned him a solid place in theEngland team for the1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria,British Columbia. At those games he was part of the 4 × 400 metres relay team that took gold (along withPeter Crampton,Adrian Patrick, andDu'aine Ladejo withMark Smith andAlex Fugallo in earlier rounds).[2][3][4]
McKenzie also won a relay gold medal in the1994 Helsinki European Championship 4 × 400 metres relay team alongsideBrian Whittle,Roger Black andDu'aine Ladejo. McKenzie was to also feature in the season endingWorld Cup atCrystal Palace again winning gold in the4 × 400 metres relay with teammatesDu'aine Ladejo,Jamie Baulch andRoger Black.
He finished third behindKennedy Ochieng andAde Mafe at the1993 AAA Championships.[5][6]
