Kriss Akabusi

Kriss Akabusi

Kriss Akabusi, Hyde Park London, March 2012
Personal information
Full name	Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi
Nationality	British
Born	(1958-11-28) 28 November 1958 (age 58) Paddington, London
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprinting, hurdling
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay 1992 Barcelona 400 m hurdles 1992 Barcelona 4x400 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4x400 m relay 1987 Rome 4x400 m relay 1991 Tokyo 400 m hurdles European Championships 1986 Stuttgart 4x400 m relay 1990 Split 400 m hurdles 1990 Split 4x400 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 400 m hurdles

Kriss Akabusi MBE (born Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi, 28 November 1958) is a retired British sprint and hurdling track and field athlete.

His first international successes were with the British 4×400 metres relay team, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, golds at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and 1986 European Athletics Championships, and another silver at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. He progressed individually in 400 metres hurdles from the late 1980s onwards, taking bronze at the 1989 IAAF World Cup. His time of 47.93 seconds to win the 1990 European Athletics Championships was a British record, and he also won gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

He reached the peak of his career over the next two years, winning a hurdles bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships and anchoring the British team to a narrow victory over the American team in 2:57.53 minutes – a British record for the 4 × 400 m relay. He followed this with a British 400 m hurdles record of 47.82 seconds to take the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where he also won bronze with the 4×400 m relay team. Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker.