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Ian Mackie

Ian Mackie (birth 27th Feb 1975) is a former Scottish/British Sprinter from Dunfermline, Scotland, who was a member of the Pitreavie Athletics club.

He started out as a 100m Sprinter, where he won 5 Scottish 100m titles and 1 200m title.

As a Junior in 1994 he competed at the World Junior Championships, where he was a member of the sprint relay that won Gold, and took Bronze in the 200m. In the same year he competed for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games where he ran in the 200m, where he reached the Semi-final, but was a member of the Scottish relay team that finished 5th in the final.

In 1996 he competed at the Atlanta Olympic Games, where he ran in the 100m and done well to reach the semi finals. He also ran excellent that year at a Great Britain v USA meeting where he finished 2nd in the 100m.

A year later he became UK 100m Champion, he also competed for the UK in the European Cup, where he was a member of the sprint relay team that took Bronze. After that he went to the World Championships, for the 100m again, but did not advance past the 1st round.

By 2003 Mackie had moved himself up to the 400m, where he took 3rd place in the AAA's.

He had other moderate succes's in the domestic features, but competed again in the 2003 World Championships, where he was in the British 4x400 relay team that finished 5th in the final.

Mackie is the 2nd fastest Scottish 100m male in history with a PB in the 100 of 10.17, only 1980 Olympic 100 metre champion Allan Wells has gone faster, 10.11. Mackie is also associated with Wells where they coach the Bank of Scotland Specialist Sprint Squad.

Mackies Personal bests in the sprints are.

60m 6.73.

100m 10.17.

200m 20.85.

400m 45.58.

4x100 38.97

4x400 3:01.00.

In 1998 he ran a wind assisted 10 seconds flat in the 100 metres. And in the year 2000 ran a wind assisted 200m of 20.68.