In fact, Jackson — now a BBC pundit and presenter — had twice publicly denied he was gay: in a autobiography and a newspaper interview. But he said the circumstances felt right to come out aged 50 in a TV interview, more than a decade since a tabloid kiss-and-tell forced him to reveal the fact to his parents.
Jackson was born in , the same year male homosexuality was partially decriminalised in the UK. But while he was competing at the top level, few sportsmen felt confident enough to come out.
It prompted Jackson to come out to his parents. My mother could see my face and I was quite distraught. While he possessed bags of natural talent, Jackson has always maintained it was a formidable work ethic instilled by his parents, first generation Jamaican immigrants, that marked him out for greatness.
His mum, Angela, arrived in Cardiff in and his dad, Ossie, in and the pair married later that year. A conservative couple, they were very popular on the council estate where Jackson and his sister, the actor Suzanne Packer — once a regular on Casualty — were raised.
Angela was a midwife and later a theatre sister while Ossie worked in sales for an air-conditioning company. They later mixed with escaped slaves and formed their own Maroon communities, who fought against slavery and for Jamaican independence in the 17th century. In his early years, Jackson primarily identified as Jamaican and family meals were saltfish, rice and peas, and jerk chicken.
It was not until he got his first Welsh vest aged 14 that he felt properly British. Ask any of his former teammates what made Jackson a world record holder and they will point to a ferocious determination.
He seemed to possess an invisible switch that turned him from happy-go-lucky off the track to ruthless on it. His close relationship with coach Malcolm Arnold, who he joined at 17 and remained with until retirement in , was also a big factor. Colin won the m hurdles silver at the Olympic Games behind Roger Kingdom. This is his only coloured medal at the Olympic games but he was twice crowned World Champion, twice Commonwealth Champion and four times European Champion.
Colin won his first senior silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in in the m hurdles. In , Colin set a world record to win gold at the Stuttgart World Championships and won again in He retired in after finishing fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, the 71st appearance for Britain in his career. It is unknown whether Colin Jackson has a partner, deciding to keep the details of his love life out of the spotlight. COLIN Jackson has gone down in history as one of Britain's finest athletics stars, who has since gone on to carve out a career as a sports presenter.
The year-old Welshman a finalist on the 13th series of Dancing on Ice. It wasn't until he met athletics coach Malcolm Arnold that his potential as a competitive athletics champ began to spike. He quickly established himself as a dominant force in the field for Great Britain and went on to represent the country at the Olympics in Seoul, where he bagged a silver. He revealed to Sun Online that he turned down the opportunity to dance with a male partner, instead insisting he prefers the company of women to men.
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