The UK Athletics Championships was an annual national championship in track and field for the United Kingdom , organised by the British Athletics Federation . The event incorporated the 1980 Olympic trials for the British Olympic team . The venue for the event was rotational and designed to be inclusive – all four Home Nations hosted the event during its twenty-year existence, as well as several areas of England.
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32-519: A five-year contract before resigning for personal reasons. UKA Performance Director Neil Black was appointed temporary replacement. A restructuring announced in December 2013 saw the single role of head coach replaced by three heads of department (endurance, sprints and field events). The athletes compete in Olympic competition under the brand name of Team GB . The current CEO is Jack Buckner and
48-753: A professional wrestling championship owned by WWE National Scrabble Championship (UK) , a British national tournament for the Scrabble board game UK Beatbox Championships Air Guitar UK Championships UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships UK Championship (International Federation of Strength Athletes) K*bot UK Championships, a qualifying competition for the K*bot World Championships Argentine Tango UK Official Championship See also [ edit ] British Championships (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
64-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages UK Athletics Championships Created in 1977 and open only to British athletes, the event was initiated to provide an alternative to the AAA Championships , which was open to foreign athletes and was organised by an English amateur organisation. The event failed to displace the long-established AAA event and did not attract
80-547: Is structured as a non-profit company limited by guarantee . It has four member organisations from each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom : England Athletics , Scottish Athletics , Welsh Athletics , and Athletics Northern Ireland. UK Athletics was founded in 1999 as a successor to the British Athletics Federation , which had collapsed for financial reasons. Prominent among
96-607: Is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom . It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics officials . The organisation outwardly rebranded itself as British Athletics in 2013, although it remains legally known as UK Athletics, and continues to use the UK Athletics name in internal governance. Among other duties,
112-512: The 100 m relay) were below expectations and failed to meet the target for improving British athletics in preparation for the upcoming 2012 London Olympics . Moorcroft's departure triggered a restructuring of the organisation and the creation of the role of chairman, to which businessman Ed Warner was appointed. Charles van Commenee was made national head coach, a newly created role, in September 2008. Shortly afterwards Peter Eriksson
128-402: The 1980 edition, though were dropped as a one-off at the 1992 edition. The women's walk was also dropped from the programme for the 1982 championships. The javelin model used in the men's event changed to the international standard in 1986. In line with international changes, the women's programme gradually expanded to match the men's, with the first triple jump championship held in 1990, then
144-581: The UK Athletics Championships programme: A men's 3000 metres was contested from 1989 to 1993, while the women's event lasted from 1977 to 1992, being the standard distance event for women at the time. Women raced over 5000 m from 1982 to 1997, with interruptions in 1986–87 and 1990–93. The men's 10,000 metres was stopped after 1988, with a one-off re-instatement in 1997. Women raced over that distance in 1986 and 1997 only. The men's and women's walking events were first introduced at
160-455: The first women's pole vault and hammer throw UK champions being crowned in 1993. A total of 18 athletes won five or more titles at the UK Athletics Championships. Women's shot putter Judy Oakes won the most titles overall, with ten national wins. Linford Christie was the most successful man, with eight titles across the 100 metres and 200 metres . List of British athletics champions UK Athletics UK Athletics ( UKA )
176-759: The most important domestic competition that season. The bankruptcy of the British Athletics Federation that same year effectively rendered the competition defunct. Both the UK Championships, and the AAA Championships would later be superseded by the British Athletics Championships , organised by UK Athletics – the government-led successor organisation to the British Athletics Federation. The following athletics events featured as standard on
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#1732797622589192-559: The nation's best athletes. The event was not part of a formal international selection process and the competition's early scheduling in the calendar was not conducive to participation; the event often took place in May, which was well before the peak of the track and field season in August and early September. The annual format ceased after 1993. The British Athletics Federation organised a "British Championships" event in 1997, which proved to be
208-558: The organisation selects athletes to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in international competitions outside the Commonwealth Games, and organises the major national championships in Great Britain for the sport indoors and out . in 2023 the organisation began once more to brand its national championships under the UK Athletics Championships title, but the remain one and the same championships. UK Athletics
224-594: The reasons was the cost of the legal bills in the Diane Modahl contract dispute case. Former long-distance runner David Moorcroft , previously Chief Executive of the British Athletics Federation, continued in the same role at the newly formed UKA. He headed the organisation until 2006 when he stepped down after Great Britain 's worst performance at a European Athletics Championships for twenty years. The results in Gothenburg (their sole gold medal coming in
240-428: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UK Championships . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UK_Championships&oldid=970816911 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-535: Was appointed head coach of the Paralympic Programme. Van Commenee stepped down after the London 2012 Olympics due to the team's failure to meet the medal target he had set. This was despite a reasonably favourable reaction to Britain's achievement of six medals and the desire of UK Athletics that he should remain in the post. Van Commenee was succeeded by Peter Eriksson, who served only seven months of
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