Graeme Fell

Graeme Fell

Personal information
Born	19 March 1959
Medal record Men's athletics Commonwealth Games Representing  Canada 1986 Edinburgh 3000 m steeplechase 1994 Victoria 3000 m steeplechase Representing  England 1982 Brisbane 3000 m steeplechase

Graeme Vincent Fell (born 19 March 1959 in Romford, London, England) is a former 3000 meters steeplechase runner. In 1982 he competed for England at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase behind Julius Korir of Kenya.

In 1984 he took Canadian citizenship and competed for Canada at both the 1986 and 1994 Commonwealth Games (winning gold and bronze medals in the 3000m steeplechase). He also competed in two Olympics for Canada, in 1988 in Seoul (where he finished 11th in the steeplechase final) and in 1992 in Barcelona. In 1985 in Koblenz, he ran a personal best in the 3000 m steeplechase of 8:12.58, which stood as the Canadian national record for the event until 2013, when the record was broken by Matthew Hughes

In 1985 he was a co-founder of the Vancouver Sun Run which he won twice in 1986 and 1987. In 2004 he was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. He currently resides in Vancouver and coaches middle and long distance running. He also currently teaches grade seven students at Sir William Osler Elementary School. He teaches Physical Education, English, Math, Science and Writing. In his debut marathon, Graeme Fell won the 1994 California International Marathon in a time of 2:16:13.^[1]

Achievements

All results regarding 3000 metres steeplechase unless stated

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	8:34.30
	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	8:26.64
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	8:20.01
Representing  Canada
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	3rd	8:40.30
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	1st	8:24.49
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	8:16.46
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	11th	8:21.73
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	4th	8:27.64
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	14th	9:01.73 (fell)
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	28th (q)	8:50.87
1994	California International Marathon	California State Capitol, United States	1st	2:16:13
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	8:23.28
			17th (q)	14:04.42 (5000 m)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (q)	8:24.74

(q) indicates overall position achieved in qualifying rounds.

References

1. http://www.runcim.org/cimstories/cimstory5.html

• Canadian Olympic Committee