With a career like Darren’s, it is no surprise that he is highly regarded as a multi-faceted, multi-talented athlete and coach. As an Olympic and motivational speaker, Darren can discuss more than just competing. After a bleed on the brain put his life at risk, Darren had to fight to survive, using the ideology “as long as I can breathe I can fight. I will fight. I won’t quit”, to get through. In his motivational speeches, Darren uses his experience to change the perspective of the audience, realigning their priorities as he did in 2018.
In the World Championships, Darren won a bronze medal in 1997 and a silver in 1999 in the relay, as well as another bronze in 2003 in the 100m. In the European Championships, he managed gold medals in 1998 in the 100m and the relay and in 2006 in the relay. He also won a 100m silver medal in 2002.
In the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic speaker won 4 x 100m relay golds in 1998 and 2002, the same year that he also got a bronze medal in the 200m. Darren also played professional football for two years, with Weymouth and Newport the two teams benefiting from his talent.
Retiring in 2006 while still at the top of his game, Darren has worked with disadvantaged young people, using his motivational approach to encourage them to embrace opportunities. He has also helped professional footballers to learn how to use their speed effectively on the pitch – these include Andre Shevchenko, Mark Cueto and Toby Flood. Finally, Campbell has headed up several athletics-related TV programmes, formed a business partnership with Linford Christie and set up his own company called Pro Athlete Supplementation.
1 x Olympic Gold medallist
1 x Olympic Silver medallist
1 x World Championships Silver medallist
2 x World Championships Bronze medallist
3 x European Championships Gold medallist
1 x European Championships Siver medallist
2 x Commonwealth Games Gold medallist
1 x Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist
"I just wanted to say a big thank you to Darren Campbell for doing the National Association of Head Teachers event yesterday – he was so inspirational, superb and everyone put him down as a 1 on the evaluation form (which is the best)!"
"- National Association of Head Teachers
"Darren’s story is nothing short of inspirational. He delivered everything we required him to do following the conference call, and my sales team were left motivated and ready to face the new year."
"- Mauriance, Chairman, M2K Services
"Darren’s talk was fully motivational and inspirational in his talk. I only managed to hear the end of the sessions but feedback I have received so far is that it went really well. Thank you so much for your help in arranging everything with Darren"
"- Kelly, St Marches School
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