Jamie is pictured above in his Welsh vest in the summer of 1997, the year
he recorded his best times, both outdoors and Indoors (see below annual progress lists).
Jamie Baulch was born in Nottingham, England. He made his debut for the GB & NI team
at a Junior International in Salamanca, Spain, in 1991, winning the 200m and breaking the
Welsh record in that race. Baulch then changed his distance preference becoming a
400 metres specialist. Baulch particularly excelled at running the distance indoors
(where races are usually run on 200m tracks rather than outdoor tracks which are 400m long).
He won the 400m gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in 1999, and also claimed
silver and bronze medals at the event in 1997 and 2003.
Baulch was a member of the
British 4 × 400 m relay team which finished second in the 1997 World Championships.
However, on 7 January 2010, it was announced the British team are to be awarded the
gold medal as they were beaten by a United States team which included Antonio Pettigrew,
who subsequently admitted to having taken performance-enhancing drugs, thus disqualifying
the US team Baulch received his World Championship gold medal in May 2010 and
although he was happy, he said: "It would have been great to have been in front of 80,000
people up on the rostrum...nothing can replace that. This is a second best unfortunately,
but it's nice to be recognised"
Above text courtesy of Wikipedia
ANNUAL PROGRESS 400 metres.
2004 45.69 Ciudad de México (MEX) 22 MAY 2004
2003 46.43 Genève (SUI) 14 JUN 2003
2002 46.01 Hamburg (GER) 12 JUN 2002
2001 46.15 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton (CAN) 04 AUG 2001
2000 45.06 Birmingham (GBR) 12 AUG 2000
1999 44.82 Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) 02 JUL 1999
1998 44.83 Kuala Lumpur (MAS) 17 SEP 1998
1997 44.69 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 04 AUG 1997 (Personal best)
1996 44.72 Birmingham (GBR) 16 JUN 1996
1995 45.14 København (DEN) 23 AUG 1995
ANNUAL PROGRESS 400 metres (Indoors)
2003/04 47.13 Sheffield (GBR) 07 FEB 2004
2002/03 45.99 NIA, Birmingham (GBR) 16 MAR 2003
2000/01 46.52 Stockholm (SWE) 15 FEB 2001
1998/99 45.60 Birmingham (GBR) 14 FEB 1999
1996/97 45.39 Birmingham (GBR) 09 FEB 1997 (personal best)
1993/94 46.91 Paris (FRA) 12 MAR 1994