Dwain Chambers
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Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978) is a British track sprinter. He has won international medals at World and European levels and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of athletics.<ref name=IAAFbio>Template:Cite web</ref> His primary event is the 100 metres, with a best of 9.97 seconds, which ranks him equal 9th on the British all-time list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is the former European record holder for the 60 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay events with 6.42 seconds and 37.73 s respectively.
Chambers ran a 100 m world junior record of 10.06 s in 1997 and became the youngest ever medalist in the event at the 1999 World Championships, taking the bronze. On his Olympic début at the 2000 Sydney Olympics he was the best European performer in fourth place. He broke the 10-second barrier twice at the 2001 World Championships. In 2003 he received a two-year athletics ban after testing positive for THG, a banned performance-enhancing drug and was stripped of the 100 m European title and record he achieved in 2002.
Chambers returned to competition in June 2006 and won gold with his teammates in the 4 × 100 m at the 2006 European Championships. He tried other sports, including a spell with the Hamburg Sea Devils of the NFL Europa league and a rugby league trial with Castleford. Sprinting success came over 60 m when he won silver at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, gold at the 2009 European Indoors, and became world champion at the 2010 World Indoor Championships.
Due to his doping ban, he was barred from the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, and much of the European racing circuit, from 2006 to 2012. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned his lifetime Olympic ban, deeming it non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code,<ref>London 2012: Wada accuses BOA of making 'hysterical statements' Template:Webarchive. PA/The Guardian (30 April 2012). Retrieved on 9 May 2012.</ref> and he competed in the 2012 London Olympics. He produced a ghost-written autobiography with writer Ken Scott, Race Against Me, in 2009.
Still competing at the age of 45, he set a new indoor M45 60 m world record and reached the semi-finals in the UK Athletics Indoor Championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Outside of Athletics, he is an athletics coach and public speaker.
He is of Afro-Caribbean- Jamaican descent and has two sons with his partner Leonie Daley.
Biography
Early life and career
Chambers was born in Islington, and raised in Finsbury Park, London.<ref name=Birthdate>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Afrocarab>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Running was a part of his family life: his older sister Christine won the senior 100 metres Finals at the English Schools Championships in 1986 and 1987 and competed in the European Athletics Junior Championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Blackribbon>Template:Cite news</ref> As a schoolboy he was coached by Selwyn Philbert who devoted himself to the young sprinter.<ref name=Knight>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers first athletic success came at the 1994 English Schools' Athletic Association Championships, where he won the boys' intermediate 100 m race with a time of 10.64 seconds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=factfile>Template:Cite news</ref> International medals followed at the 1995 European Junior Championships, at which he won the 100 m and the 4 × 100 metres relay.<ref name=EJC>Template:Cite web</ref> He defended these titles at the 1997 European Junior Championships, and set a then world junior record in the 100 m with a time of 10.06 s.<ref name=IAAFbio/>
Chambers transitioned into the senior ranks soon after, taking the 100 m silver medal behind his British teammate Darren Campbell at the 1998 European Championships.<ref name=Euro1998>Template:Cite news</ref> He achieved a new personal best in September at the 1998 IAAF World Cup with a run of 10.03 s for third place and won a relay gold medal.<ref name=IAAF1998>Template:Cite web</ref> At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he was a 100 m semi finalist and set a games record as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team.<ref>'I thought I'd won' Template:Webarchive. Sports Illustrated (21 September 1998). Retrieved on 5 May 2009.</ref><ref>Commonwealth Games Records Template:Webarchive. Commonwealth Games official website. Retrieved on 5 May 2009.</ref> His ability attracted the attention of former sprinter and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Mike McFarlane, who became his coach.<ref name=Knight/> He came first in the 100 m in the 1999 European Cup, then at a meet in Nuremberg he became only the second European sprinter (after Linford Christie) to break the ten second barrier with a time of 9.99 s.<ref name=IAAFbio/><ref name=factfile/> Fellow British sprinter Jason Gardener scored a time of 9.98 s in Lausanne soon after, becoming the third Briton to break the barrier.<ref name=Gatecrasher>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In spite of this, Chambers remained some distance behind his North American counterparts in terms of times.<ref>Chambers slipstreams Greene for bronze. BBC Sport (1999-08-23). Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
Seville World Championships to Sydney Olympics
In his first major outing on the world stage, Chambers attained a new personal best at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, registering a time of 9.97 s for third place in the 100 m final. This made the 21-year-old the youngest ever World Championships 100 m medallist.<ref name=Blackribbon/> North Americans dominated the event as Maurice Greene and Bruny Surin took first and second place respectively, with record runs of 9.80 s and 9.84 s, respectively.<ref name=Sevilla>Template:Cite web</ref> The British sprint team Chambers, Gardener, Campbell and Marlon Devonish performed well in the 4 × 100 metres relay event as runners-up in a time of 37.73 s behind the US team led by Greene.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> World record holder Maurice Greene was hitting his peak, winning three gold medals in Seville. However, at 21 years old, Chambers had achieved more than Greene had at that age: Greene's best was 10.08 s in 1996 and he had never reached a major final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
With the 2000 Sydney Olympics approaching, Chambers studied the technique of other sprinters. In an interview with BBC journalist Tom Fordyce, Chambers commented on the stamina Greene and Surin had gained from running in the 200 metres event and Jason Gardener's improved acceleration through running the 60 metres event.<ref name=Fordyce1>Template:Cite news</ref> He experimented with distances at the beginning of 2000, sprinting over 50, 60 and 200 m in various competitions. He set a personal best of 6.55 s in the 60 m event in Ghent in February.<ref name=IAAFbio/> A hamstring injury caused him to miss six-weeks of training and when he returned his 100 m performances were lacklustre.<ref name=Gatecrasher/><ref name=Fordyce1/> He finished ninth at the Golden Gala in Rome with a slow time of 10.41 s and was seventh in a tame 10.30 s at the London Grand Prix, results that led him to consider quitting the season altogether.<ref name=Gatecrasher/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A late rejuvenation at the British Olympic trials guaranteed his selection as he snatched first place with 10.11 s (just one hundredth of a second ahead of Darren Campbell).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Victory against in-form world record holder Maurice Greene in Gateshead raised Chambers' confidence and he stated his aim to take home a medal from the Games.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The 2000 Sydney Olympics saw Chambers come close to the podium. He easily qualified through the heat stages and achieved a season's best of 10.08 s in the 100 m final finishing fourth behind Greene, Ato Boldon and Obadele Thompson.<ref name=IAAFbio/><ref name=2000Olympics>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers was the best European 100 m performer, but after disqualification in the relay heats he left the games without a medal.<ref name=IAAFBio/>
Edmonton World championships
He made his fastest opening to a season in 2001 by winning the 100 m for his club Belgrave Harriers at the European Clubs Cup with a meet record time of 10.12 s.<ref name=GFactfile>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the Amateur Athletics Association (AAA) trials in Birmingham his run of 10.01 s was the fastest ever wind-legal time recorded in Britain by a British sprinter.<ref name=factfile/><ref>This was the fastest time recorded over 100 m by a British sprinter in Britain that did not have an assisting wind over the international restriction of +2.0 m/s</ref><ref name=Destroy>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers ran with consistency in the summer of 2001: he won at the Seville Grand Prix in 10.01 s and finished third in ten seconds flat at the Athletissima meet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the run up to the 2001 IAAF Edmonton World Championships Chambers compared his own performances to the British record holder: "I am very consistent in the 10.00s this year, and that bodes well for the Worlds. If you are running as fast as Linford Christie in his prime, it gives you a lot of confidence."<ref name=Destroy/>
Chambers also competed over 200 m and a personal best run of 20.31 s earned him selection in both sprints for the World Championships.<ref name=factfile/><ref name=Victorycry/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In an interview with Tom Fordyce, Chambers stated that Maurice Greene's strong presence and mind games undermined the competition both physically and mentally. "You have to get out in front of him and hold on for dear life" he said of the world record holder.<ref name=Victorycry/>
Chambers broke the ten second barrier twice in the 2001 World Championships with a personal best of 9.97 s in the quarter-finals and a run of 9.99 s in the final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2001Edmonton>Template:Cite web</ref> This was not enough for a medal in a strong race which featured five sprinters running under ten seconds and saw Greene defend his title. Chambers was later upgraded to fourth place after silver medallist Tim Montgomery tested positive for banned substances.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A hamstring injury in the final ruled him out of the 200 m event.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers ended his season at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, and finished in first place in the absence of an injured Greene, who commentated on his European rival's victory.<ref name=Goodwill>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 European champion
Chambers' coach Mike McFarlane struggled with the workload of full-time training.<ref name=Coach>Template:Cite news</ref> Frustrated by the distance between himself and the top sprinters, Chambers decided to relocate to California to work with Ukrainian coach Remi Korchemny and nutritionist Victor Conte.<ref name=Gutter>Template:Cite news</ref> After parting ways with American sprinter Tim Montgomery, Conte looked to Chambers to fill the athlete's berth.<ref name=Shadows>Template:Cite book</ref> In the run up to the year's major events, Chambers was in fine form and recorded a 200 m personal best of 20.27 s in Athens on 10 June 2002.<ref group=x name=x>All results, times, personal bests, records, medals or other achievements flagged with an "x" label were nullified from the record by the IAAF as they were achieved while Chambers was using banned substances.</ref><ref name=promise>Template:Cite news</ref> Montgomery, impressed by Chambers' training regime, tipped the Briton to win the gold at the forthcoming 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He won the 100 m at the Commonwealth Games trials in a season's best of 10.03 s,<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> then equalled Linford Christie's record of 10.04 s at European Cup,<ref group=x name=x/> where he led the British team to victory as team captain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victories over Maurice Greene followed at Oslo's IAAF Golden League meeting and in Sheffield with a wind-assisted 9.95 s.<ref group=x name=x/><ref name=Oslo>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was the favourite for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but Chambers faced stiff competition from British newcomer Mark Lewis-Francis who was finishing fractions of a second behind him.<ref name=Coach/> Chambers won all his preliminary races and reached the final, along with Lewis-Francis and Jason Gardener,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but he suffered a cramp mid-race and ended up in last place. The English sprinters had the three slowest times in the final, with Lewis-Francis also beset by injury.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
After Commonwealth disappointment on home turf, Chambers won gold medals in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, setting a championship record of 9.96 s.<ref group=x name=x/><ref name=Knight/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers recorded a time of 9.94 s at the Weltklasse Zürich meeting, again beating world record holder Greene.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished the season by equalling Linford Christie's European record at the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final. His run of 9.87 s with a maximum allowable wind of +2.0 m/s left him second to Tim Montgomery, who set a world record of 9.78 s.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers received the 2002 European Athlete of the Year trophy for his achievements on the track that year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 World championships
Chambers began the 2003 season with a grandiose statement – namely that he would lower the 100 m record to 9.65 s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After recovering from a minor injury he suffered in January,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite claims he could also beat the 60 m indoor record, his form was poor and he failed to pass the heats at the 2003 British Grand Prix, finishing fourth in a time of 6.68 s.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was beaten by Mark Lewis-Francis by a hundredth of a second at the trials for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, narrowly missing out on selection with a time of 6.59 s.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers announced that he was to part with trainer Mike McFarlane in favour of a permanent relationship with Ukrainian coach Remi Korchemny.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The sprinter started the 100 m season modestly, finishing third and fourth in Modesto and Eugene, respectively.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers beat Montgomery in Glasgow in June, running a stadium record of 10.15 s into a headwind,<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and qualified for the World Championships by winning the AAA trials.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
His season's best came under unusual circumstances at the British Grand Prix – due to a system malfunction he was initially timed by hand at dead on ten seconds, which was amended to 9.96 s after video evidence was consulted.<ref group=x name=x/><ref name=GFactfile/> He could not match that form at the World 100 m final: Kim Collins, Darrel Brown, Darren Campbell, and Chambers all finished within a split second of each other and Chambers was adjudged to have finished fourth.<ref group=x name=x/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Chambers squandered his anchoring lead in the 4 × 100 m relay, allowing Joshua J. Johnson of the United States team to beat him to the finish line.<ref group=x name=x/> In spite of his close fourth and a relay silver medal, there was a sense of disappointment in the press that Chambers' record breaking claims and gold medals had not materialised.<ref name=Knight/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Doping ban
A sample for an out-of-competition drugs test that Chambers had provided in Germany on 1 August 2003 was re-examined in October and subsequently tested positive for banned substances.<ref name=GFactfile/><ref name=Gutter/><ref name="Chambers gets two-year ban">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Dim>Template:Cite news</ref> The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) were investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO); the workplace of both Chambers' coach Remi Korchemny, and nutritionist Victor Conte. Both men faced charges of distributing illegal drugs to athletes in the United States.<ref name=Hayward>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=THGScandal>Template:Cite news</ref> The BALCO Scandal uncovered drug use in a wide range of sportsmen and women, including sprinters Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery.<ref name=Dim/>
Chambers claimed that his new coach had introduced him to Conte as a way of providing him with specialised 'nutritional supplements' – which he took by putting a few drops of liquid under his tongue.<ref name=Gutter/> Conte had helped develop a type of anabolic steroid called THG, or tetrahydrogestrinone, at BALCO. After Chambers discovered that he had tested positive for drugs he sent his lawyer to meet Conte and make inquires about the supplement he had been ingesting. Conte assured him that all the substances were IAAF compliant.<ref name=THGScandal/><ref name=LAT>Template:Cite news</ref>
After further investigation, it was revealed on 22 October 2003 that Chambers had tested positive for the banned steroid THG.<ref name=GFactfile/> Analysis of his backup sample also tested positive and the outcome was confirmed on 7 November 2003, making Chambers the first person to test positive for the new drug.<ref name=LAT/> Chambers was suspended the same day with an independent UK Athletics tribunal pending.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The disciplinary hearing on 24 February 2004 resulted in a two-year ban from athletics, backdated to begin on 7 November 2003.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=ArjSingh/> He was also banned for life from the Olympics, and stripped of the medals he had won since mid-2002, after admitting that he had taken THG from that date.<ref name=Gutter/> Chambers' 2002 relay gold medal performance was erased, costing teammates Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Christian Malcolm their medals in the process. Chambers was also ordered by the IAAF to pay back his earnings from the period of his athletics career that was affected by his drug abuse.<ref name=GFactfile/>
Conte claimed that rival coach Trevor Graham had revealed the drug to US testers, acting "purely out of competitive jealousy" as Chambers was challenging Graham's trainees; Montgomery and Greene.<ref>Mackay, Duncan (20 April 2008). Fast and Furious Template:Webarchive. The Observer. Retrieved on 26 January 2009.</ref> Chambers denied that he had any knowledge that the substance he was taking was banned and claimed he was deceived by Conte over its true use.<ref name=Gutter/> However, he contradicted his statement in a later interview, saying that he had major suspicions that he was using banned substances but was too naïve and lacking in self-respect to act otherwise.<ref>Template:Cite video</ref> By Chambers' own admission in 2008, in a letter by his supplier Conte to British anti-doping chief John Scott, THG was not the only substance he had used during his career. In his confession he admitted to the use of epitestosterone cream, EPO, HGH, insulin lispro, modafinil and liothyronine.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Banned from competition, Chambers sought alternative commercial outlets for his athletic prowess. He had an unsuccessful American football try-out with the San Francisco 49ers, hoping to emulate Renaldo Nehemiah.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He drifted on to the celebrity circuit, appearing on British reality television series Hell's Kitchen in May 2004. However, Chambers had little interest in the show and soon chose to leave.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He appeared in neither sporting events nor television programmes for 18 months.<ref name=IAAFBio/>
Return to athletics
Chambers began training in Jamaica in late 2005 in preparation for the athletics season. He faced new challengers in the 100 m as Maurice Greene was no longer a dominant force and Jamaican Asafa Powell was the new world record holder. Chambers began working with Glen Mills, coach of Caribbean sprinters Kim Collins and Usain Bolt.<ref name=Gutter/> The drug suspension had expired in November but he needed to pass four mandatory drugs tests in order to gain clearance to compete with the IAAF. His comeback was further delayed as he gave an interview with the BBC revealing he began using drugs at the beginning of 2002, not since August 2003, as he had claimed to the IAAF.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After further disclosure (that took away his European 100 m gold medal and invalidated his European record of 9.87 s),<ref name=Null>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers was cleared to compete on 10 June 2006, although his return was dependent on an agreement to repay prize money he won while using banned substances.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He returned to competition on 11 June 2006 at the British Grand Prix and took third in 10.07 s,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> behind Asafa Powell who equalled his own world record.<ref name=GP2006>Template:Cite web</ref> Chambers stated that his training regime with Bolt had helped him make a strong opening performance despite a long absence from competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The result placed Chambers at the top of the British rankings and was the second fastest time by a European sprinter in 2006.<ref name=factfile/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers lamented the effects of his drug use and noted the irony that the drugs did not do much to improve the consistency of his performances.<ref name=OneStep/> On his return to international competition his times were significantly worse than he achieved prior to drug use: in the 100 m final at the 2006 European Championships, Chambers ran a sub-par 10.24 s and finished in fifth place.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=EuroChamp2006>Template:Cite web</ref> He was part of the gold medal-winning British 4 × 100 m team,<ref name=ArjSingh>Template:Cite news</ref> but Darren Campbell, who was angry about losing his 2002 and 2003 relay medals due to Chambers' ban, refused to join the team in a celebratory lap.<ref name=campbellfeud>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After the competition, Chambers again expressed an interest in switching to American football, and completed a week-long NFL Europa training camp in Cologne that November.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
American Football
Chambers signed for BAFA National Leagues side Farnham Knights in 2005,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After attending a series of NFL Europe training camps,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> he gained a contract with German NFL Europa side Hamburg Sea Devils in March 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following news that Chambers was receiving new, legal nutritional supplements from Victor Conte, the Hamburg Sea Devils confirmed that Chambers would undergo a vigorous drug testing regime.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers reflected on drug use in athletics in an interview with Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent for the BBC's Inside Sport programme.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers claimed there would always be athletes using performance-enhancing drugs because drug testers did not keep pace with advances in science and that athletes who took drugs had an immense advantage over those who remained clean.<ref name=PinsentInterview/> Chambers was roundly condemned for his comments in the interview by both the press and his former colleagues in the athletics world, including Sir Steve Redgrave, Mo Farah,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Sebastian Coe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers' American football career was brought to a standstill when a stress fracture injury on his right foot ruled him out for the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The situation worsened further when the NFL closed the European league on 29 June 2007 leaving Chambers jobless.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He returned as a TV personality on reality television show Cirque de Celebrité in October but was unpopular with the public and subsequently voted off.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Athletics again and rugby league
Following the collapse of the NFL Europa franchise, Chambers made a second return to athletics in early 2008. Competing in the 60 m indoor final at the Birmingham Games in February 2008, he finished with a time of 6.60 s, setting a new meeting record.<ref name=6.60/> UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos initially banned Chambers from competing in the trials for the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships but, after the IAAF overruled the decision, Chambers won the event and selection.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> UK Athletics stated that committee was "unanimous in its desire not to select Dwain" but were forced to by the selection criteria, saying they would have preferred to send younger athletes eligible for the Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
At the World Indoor Championships 60 metres final, Chambers won a silver medal and recorded a new personal best of 6.54 s to take second behind Olusoji Fasuba.<ref name=6.60>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The performance did not sway opinion: Chambers continued to encounter extensive criticism within athletics. Promoters did not invite him to key athletics events, Eddie Kulukundis – who had supported Chambers earlier in his career – refused to sponsor the sprinter,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the British Olympic Association (BOA), prevented him from competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. To return to the track Chambers had to rely on the money he received from his partner, Leonie Daley, a civil servant whom he met at the Miss Jamaica UK competition.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The couple now had a child, a boy named Skye who was born in September 2005.<ref name=Family>Template:Cite news</ref> He amassed a selection of cuttings about his fall from grace and the BALCO Scandal in order to show his son the risks of drug abuse.<ref name=OneStep>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers tried to fashion himself as a living example of the dangers of drugs, sporting a T-shirt in Valencia with an anti-drugs slogan of "Just Say No!".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also expressed regret about previous comments suggesting that drug use was necessary to reach the upper echelons of athletics and set about presenting himself as a changed, clean athlete – devoid of the bravado that had marked his earlier career.<ref name=BigInterview>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers' reinvention was met with a mixed reaction and the acceptance of a proven drug user on the track was not palatable to some.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref> Dame Kelly Holmes, and parts of the British press called for Chambers to retire from the Great Britain athletics team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Chambers' return to athletics took an unusual turn when he confirmed in March 2008 that he had joined English rugby league team Castleford Tigers on trial;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Chambers set for Castleford talks">Template:Cite news</ref> a move which surprised and angered in equal measure given the fact he had never played the sport before.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Switch will be 'difficult' for Dwain">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Schofield calls for Chambers u-turn">Template:Cite web</ref> The Rugby Football League did not object to the move, in spite of his drug-damaged reputation, but stated much improvement was needed prior to any appearance for Castleford in the Super League competition.<ref name="RFL clears the way for Chambers">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Chambers 'needs league education'">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Matterson avoids Chambers issue">Template:Cite web</ref> At a rugby press conference, Chambers expressed a desire to compete in the Beijing Olympics, casting doubt on his dedication to his new career.<ref name="Chambers still keen on Olympics">Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers officially registered as a player with the Rugby Football League, and Martin Offiah declared that he was prepared to mentor Chambers.<ref name="Chambers registered with Tigers">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Offiah prepared to mentor Chambers">Template:Cite web</ref> He completed training with the Castleford Tigers first-team squad and made his début in a reserve game against York City Knights,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but Castleford announced that they would not be offering him a contract.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
High Court challenge
In May 2008 Chambers announced that he was challenging his Olympic ban at the High Court of Justice.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chambers returned to sprinting in June and, in his first 100 m race since August 2006, he won the Papaflessia meet with a time of 10.26 s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He achieved the "A" Standard for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in June and won the British Olympic trials in ten seconds flat in July.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Trials2008>Template:Cite news</ref> Public opinion on an Olympic appearance remained split.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
His performance at the Olympic trials was in vain as Mr. Justice Mackay upheld the BOA ban in the High Court of Justice and stated that a right to work was not sufficient reason to remove it. The BOA chairman, Lord Moynihan, was satisfied with the outcome, stating that those abusing drugs did not deserve to represent Great Britain at the Olympics. However, he lamented that a sprinter of Chambers' calibre had in effect excluded himself from the competition.<ref name=LordM>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The effort of the High Court challenge and the Olympic ban took its toll on Chambers,<ref>Template:Cite video</ref> but he had no intention to retire and set an appearance in the 2012 London Olympics as his main goal, aiming to prove he could perform without the use of drugs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Lord Moynihan objected to this, saying it would sully the reputation of both the Great Britain athletics team and the London Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In late 2008 Chambers signed a book deal, covering his athletics career and drug usage,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and stated his desire to become a sprint coach when his track career was finished. He had his second child, a boy named Rocco, that November.<ref>McRae, Donald (20 January 2009). Dwain Chambers sees chink of light after depths of despair Template:Webarchive. The Guardian. Retrieved on 26 January 2009.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Charles van Commenee's appointment as head coach of UK Athletics brought a change of approach towards Chambers as both the new coach and Niels De Vos welcomed him back to compete internationally.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The pair judged that he had served his sentence – van Commenee was especially complimentary, stating: "He is a likeable guy and a damned fine athlete".<ref name=WelcomeRun>Template:Cite news</ref> That month Chambers appeared at a "Tackling Doping in Sport" conference and told of the damage drugs had caused to his career, health, and finances.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> The Olympic ban remained in place, however, and London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: "I am clear cut on the Chambers case – I don't think there is room for drugs cheats in sport".<ref name=WelcomeRun/>
Race Against Me
Chambers ceased legal action to overturn his Olympic ban and instead aimed to finish his career on a high.<ref name=DCStart>Template:Cite web</ref> He intensively studied the technique of Usain Bolt to improve his own times, seeing Bolt as the new generation's Maurice Greene.<ref name=DCStart/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Though he was still banned from Euromeetings-organised events, he set a new personal best of 6.52 s in the 60 m at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix,<ref>Chambers triumphs in Birmingham . BBC Sport (31 January 2009). Retrieved on 2 February 2009.</ref> then became the UK Indoor Champion, equalling Mike Rodgers' world leading time of 6.51 s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At the 2009 European Indoor Championships he broke Ronald Pognon's European 60 m record with a 6.42 s run in the semi-finals, then won the gold medal with a time of 6.46 s in the final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> British head coach van Commenee stated that Chambers had undergone vigorous testing and that his performance sent "a message that you can win and break European records in the proper way."<ref name=Euro60>Turnbull, Simon (9 March 2009). Chambers strikes gold on way to Project Bolt Template:Webarchive. The Independent. Retrieved on 9 March 2009.</ref>
The record-breaking performance brought him an invite from the Berlin IAAF Golden League meet,<ref>Chambers invited to Dutch meeting . BBC Sport (25 March 2009). Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref><ref>Chambers welcome at Berlin event . BBC Sport (10 March 2009). Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref> although organising group Euromeetings condemned the move.<ref>Slater, Matt (21 March 2009). Berlin panned for Chambers invite . BBC Sport. Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref> Revelations in Chambers' autobiography Race Against Me brought further controversy as the book had in-depth accounts of his past drug abuse and claimed drug use remained rife in athletics, estimating that half the American Olympic athletes in Beijing had used illegal substances.<ref>Chambers to sign statement in support of drugs revelations Template:Webarchive. The Guardian (23 March 2009). Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref> Chambers signed a statement with UK Sport, verifying that he believed the information to be true, which brought a close to the organisation's inquiries into his drug use.<ref>British sprinter Dwain Chambers to sign sworn statement over drug useTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore. The Canadian Press (23 March 2009). Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref> An IAAF investigation concluded that the book demanded no further action on their part.<ref>Chambers escapes IAAF punishment . BBC Sport (21 March 2009). Retrieved on 1 April 2009.</ref> Olympic gold medallist and anti-drugs campaigner Ed Moses gave his support, saying that Chambers admissions provided a useful insight, but that athletes and administrators remained in denial about the high levels of doping in athletics.<ref>Broadbent, Rick (2 April 2009). Dwain Chambers gets support from Ed Moses Template:Webarchive. The Times. Retrieved on 23 April 2009.</ref>
Invites to Golden League meets never materialised, but he continued to run at smaller events. He ran a European leading time of 10.06 seconds at Papaflessia in Greece,<ref>Chambers captures 100m in Greece Template:Webarchive. Jamaica Observer (31 May 2009). Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref> and won the 100 m and 200 m races at the 2009 European Team Championships.<ref>Britain claim third in Portugal . BBC Sport (21 June 2009). Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref> He was the fastest entrant at the national championships but 2008 runner-up Simeon Williamson won the final by some distance.<ref>Hart, Simon (11 July 2009). Simeon Williamson becomes Britain's top sprinter Template:Webarchive. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref> The result took Chambers by surprise and he said that limited opportunities to race had made him complacent.<ref>Chambers defeat raises questions Template:Webarchive. Eurosport (11 July 2009). Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref> He later withdrew from the 200 m race citing exhaustion.<ref>Kessel, Anna (11 July 2009). Simeon Williamson humiliates Dwain Chambers to become British sprint champion Template:Webarchive. The Guardian. Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref><ref>Turnbull, Simon (12 July 2009). Williamson bolts in ahead of Chambers Template:Webarchive. The Independent. Retrieved on 17 July 2009.</ref><ref>Exhausted Dwain Chambers pulls out of 200m at world trials Template:Webarchive. The Guardian. Retrieved on 22 July 2009.</ref>
At the World Championships Chambers finished sixth in 100 m final with a season's best of 10.00 seconds. He was the only sprinter from outside the Americas in the final and was some distance behind Bolt who ran a world record of 9.58 seconds. However, he was very pleased with his performance and said he was happy just to be involved in the fastest 100 m race ever.<ref>Broadbent, Rick (17 August 2009). Chambers just happy to appear in the fastest final in history Template:Webarchive. The Times. Retrieved on 20 August 2009.</ref> He pulled out of the 200 m with a calf injury and called an end to his season.<ref>Dwain Chambers pulls out of 200 metres in Berlin. The Guardian (2009-08-17). Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
World indoor champion
The following year, he began by focusing on the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and he won the 60 m at the UK trials in 6.50 seconds (a time only he had bettered in the previous two seasons).<ref>Brown, Matthew (15 February 2010). Chambers clocks 6.50 to highlight UK championships Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.</ref> His closest competitor, Ivory Williams, received a ban for marijuana usage, leaving Chambers as a strong favourite.<ref>Ivory Williams ban boosts gold hopes for Dwain Chambers . BBC Sport (10 March 2010). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.</ref> He was the fastest in all rounds of World 60 m competition, and surged ahead of Mike Rodgers in the final to win his first world title with a time of 6.48 seconds.<ref>Landells, Steve (13 March 2010). EVENT REPORT – MEN's 60 Metres Final Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 17 March 2010.</ref> Banned from the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he set his sights on making the team for the 2010 European Athletics Championships.<ref>World Indoor champion Dwain Chambers upbeat on invites . BBC Sport (14 March 2010). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.</ref>
At the start of the outdoor season he had wins in Maringá in Brazil and at the Cezmi Or Memorial.<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (31 May 2010). Moore joins sub-11 club in Maringá Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 31 May 2010.</ref><ref>Mills, Steven (13 June 2010). Chambers wins in IstanbulTemplate:Dead link. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.</ref> He beat Christophe Lemaitre to win the 100 m at the 2010 European Team Championships, helping Great Britain to second place in the tournament and recording 9.99 seconds – the first sub-10 time by a European athlete in almost four years.<ref>Minshull, Phil (20 June 2010). Chambers flies to 9.99, Russia hold pole position – European Team Champs, Day 1 Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.</ref> Lemaitre and Chambers were seen as the only gold medal contenders for the 100 m final at the European Athletics Championships, but the event defied expectations in terms of times and placings. The Frenchman won in 10.11 seconds into a headwind while a tight finish between the four following athletes (all 10.18) saw Chambers finish fifth.<ref>Golden boy Lemaitre lives his dream in Barcelona Template:Webarchive. European Athletics (29 July 2010). Retrieved on 31 July 2010.</ref><ref>Kessel, Anna (28 July 2010). Mark Lewis-Francis ecstatic after capturing 100m silver medal Template:Webarchive. The Guardian. Retrieved on 31 July 2010.</ref>
2011–2012: World and Olympic semi-finalist
The start of his 2011 season saw him take a fourth consecutive national title over 60 m with a European-leading time.<ref>Brown, Matthew (13 February 2011). Chambers takes fourth 60m title, teenager Williams takes her first – UK indoor championships wrap Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.</ref> At the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships the following month he was beaten to the line by Obikwelu, although he was pleased with the silver medal as he had changed his training to focus towards the 100 m for that season.<ref>Chambers pipped on the line, Clitheroe takes gold Template:Webarchive. Eurosport/Yahoo (6 March 2011). Retrieved on 29 May 2011.</ref> Four straight wins on the Brazilian Athletics Tour came at the beginning of his outdoor season in May, including a season's best of 10.01 seconds,<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (27 May 2011). Walker and Murer's world leads top Rio results– IAAF World Challenge Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 29 May 2011.</ref> and he took his fifth national title at the British trials.<ref>Meagher, Gerard (30 July 2011). Chambers wins but is chased all the way by young gun Aikines Aryeetey. More than the Games. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> At the 2011 World Championships he reached the 100 m semi-finals but fell foul of the IAAF's new false start rule: he twitched in his blocks and was immediately disqualified.<ref>World Athletics 2011: Dwain Chambers disqualified from 100m . BBC Sport (28 August 2011). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref>
He won his fifth national title in the 60 m in 2012 with a season's best of 6.58 m.<ref>Brown, Matthew (13 February 2012). Ennis double win the highlight in Sheffield – UK champs wrap Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> A third consecutive podium finish came at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he pipped Trell Kimmons to the bronze medal.<ref>Ramsak, Bob (10 March 2012). EVENT REPORT – Men's 60 Metres – Final Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> Chambers was given the chance to return to the Olympic stage after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided in favour of the World Anti-Doping Agency over the validity of British Olympic Association's (BOA) Olympic ban by-law. CAS agreed that the law was non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, to which the BOA was signatory due to its connection with the International Olympic Committee.<ref>Palmer, Justin (30 April 2012). Olympics-CAS rule against BOA life bans no surprise – WADA chief Template:Webarchive. Reuters. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> Chambers ran a 150 m-straight best of 15.27 seconds at the Great City Games in May then won the 100 m Olympic trial race, holding off emerging teenager Adam Gemili.<ref>Chambers pleased with first run since ruling. Eurosport (30 May 2012). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref><ref>Fordyce, Tom (23 June 2012). London 2012: Dwain Chambers wins 100m at UK Trials . BBC Sport. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> His absence from the major track circuit came to an end with a run at the Diamond League London Grand Prix, although he did not achieve the Olympic "A" standard time there.<ref>Hart, Simon (30 June 2012). London Grand Prix: Perri Shakes-Drayton becomes second fastest British woman in 400m hurdles Template:Webarchive. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref>
Chambers was named in the British squad for the 2012 London Olympics after the selectors took into account his trials win and his times from the previous year. Given the abrupt turnaround in his fortunes, he said: "For me representing my country in an Olympics is a privilege that should never be taken for granted. To be given the opportunity to do so in my home town has been a dream that at times has seemed very distant and is now a reality."<ref>London 2012: Dwain Chambers picked for GB athletics squad . BBC Sport (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> He returned to the British relay team at the 2012 European Athletics Championships after a six-year absence but a botched baton change saw the team disqualified.<ref>Hart, Simon (1 July 2012). London 2012 Olympics: Dwain Chambers and Christian Malcolm drop clanger as Britain throw away 4x100m final Template:Webarchive. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> At the Olympics he won his 100 metres heat in a season's best of 10.02 seconds, with a legal 2.0 m/s following wind, in his first Olympic race in twelve years.<ref>Usain Bolt eases to victory to reach Olympic 100m semi-finals . BBC Sport (4 August 2012). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref><ref>Long, Mark (4 August 2012). After 12-year hiatus, Dwain Chambers returns to Olympics Template:Webarchive. NBC Olympics. Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> He was drawn in the same semi-final as Usain Bolt but Chambers' run of 10.05 seconds for fourth meant he did not make the final.<ref>Usain Bolt and big guns all qualify for men's 100m Olympic final Template:Webarchive. The Guardian (5 August 2012). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref> His Olympics came to an end in the 4 × 100 metres relay heats as the British team made an illegal baton exchange.<ref>London 2012: Great Britain men disqualified in Olympic 4x100m relay Template:Webarchive. The Guardian (10 August 2012). Retrieved on 19 August 2012.</ref>
Later career
Chambers began his 2013 season with a 60 m win in Glasgow with a run of 6.58 seconds.<ref>Dwain Chambers sprints to victory at Glasgow International . BBC Sport. Retrieved on 6 January 2013.</ref> A back injury affected his preparations for the 2013 European Indoor Championships, where he was eliminated in the heats.<ref>Kessel, Anna (1 March 2013). Dwain Chambers crashes out in heats at European Indoor Championships Template:Webarchive. The Guardian. Retrieved on 9 March 2013.</ref> Outdoors, he won his fourth consecutive British Championship title, running 10.04.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A month later at the World Championships in Moscow, he ran 10.14 in his heat to reach the semi-finals, where he was eliminated running 10.15.<ref name=IAAFBio/> He anchored the British men's 4 × 100 m relay team and initially appeared to finish third, though the team was disqualified due to an invalid baton change between Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Ellington.<ref>World Athletics 2013: Mixed fortunes for GB relay teams. BBC Sport (2013-08-18). Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> He ended the year with second place finishes at the Rieti Challenge and Great North City Games.<ref name=IAAFBio/>
Chambers final year of international competiion came in 2014. He finished second in the 60 m at the British Indoor Championships, before going on to finish sixth in the 60 m final at the World Indoor Championships in a time of 6.52 s. This was the fastest time he had run the 60 m in since 2010.<ref name=IAAFBio/> In his first three 100 m races of the outdoor season he failed to break 10.20, before hitting form during the British Championships. Going into the event, he was only ranked 10th in the UK, but he won the 100 m final, defeating Chijindu Ujah, who had broken 10 seconds three weeks earlier. Chambers' victory guaranteed him selection for the European Championships as his winning time was 10.12 secs, inside the European qualifying mark of 10.20. This was his fifth consecutive win at the British Championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Chambers won his final medal in international competition at the 2014 IAAF World Relays in May, anchoring a team of Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Ellington to a bronze.<ref>Riach, James (2014-05-26). Great Britain win bronze and silver at World Relays. The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> He won a fifth straight national title at the 2014 British Athletics Championships. Intially selected for the relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he pulled out to focus on what would be his final international appearance at the 2014 European Championships in August.<ref>Glasgow 2014: Dwain Chambers pulls out of Commonwealth Games. BBC Sport (2014-07-22). Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> Chambers missed out on a final individual medal by 0.02 seconds, finishing fourth in the 100 m final in 10.24, while his teammates Dasaolu and Aikines-Aryeetey reached the podium.<ref>European Championships: James Dasaolu sprints to 100m gold. BBC Sport (2014-08-13). Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
Chambers attended just two meets in 2015. He had a more active 2016, winning his heat and semi-final in the 60 m at the British Indoor Championships but only managed seventh in the final. At the outdoor national championships in June, he made the final of the 100 m in which he ran a heavily wind assisted (+3.0 m/s) 10.11, which once again saw him finish seventh. In 2017, Chambers came third at the national indoor championships in 6.62 but was not selected for the 2017 European Indoor Championships. He could only reach the national semi-finals outdoors in July in the 100 m,<ref name=IAAFBio/> and announced his retirement the following month.<ref>Rowbottom, Mike (2017-08-03). Chambers and Wariner announce track and field retirements. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
In December 2018, at the age of 40 Chambers returned at a low-key meet in London.<ref name=IAAFBio/> He then entered the national indoor championships in February 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He progressed from his heat, but was disqualified after a false start in the semi-final. In February 2020, Chambers once again returned to the British Indoor Championships. He finished last in his semi-final after coming through the heats.<ref name=IAAFBio/>
Chambers entered the 100 m at the British Championships in 2021 and 2022 but failed to progress from the heats on both occasions.<ref name=IAAFBio/> After skipping 2023, he set a new world record for the M45 Indoor 60 m with a time of 6.81 s at an open meet in Lee Valley in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Wilson, Jeremy (2024-01-30). Dwain Chambers, 45, to race at UK Indoor Championships . Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> He went on to compete at the UK Indoor Championships in February 2024, reaching the semi-finals. He ran at two events in 2025, finishing the 60 metres in under seven seconds in both.<ref name=IAAFBio/>
Outside Athletics
As well as competitive athletics, Chambers founded Chambers for Sport in 2009, offering group and 1-2-1 sprint coaching at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre in London. He founded the Dwain Chambers Performance Academy, which aims to provide all round coaching for the next generation of sporting stars and is open for young athletes between 9 and 21.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
He is also a public speaker and gave his first TedX in October 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Statistics
Chambers' performances at tournaments in the 100 metres event make him one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His personal best of 9.97 s set at the 1999 Seville World Championships places him, as of 2025, in the top 20 fastest Europeans in the 100 m<ref>100 metres men's Lists. European Athletics. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> Chambers' annulled 9.87 s finish at the Paris Grand Prix in 2002 would have made him the joint fastest British 100 m sprinter with Christie and the joint second fastest European in the event.<ref name=Top100>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=x name=x/>
Amongst his British contemporaries Chambers ranks top with two 9.97 s finishes; the first in 1999 in Seville, Spain and the second in 2001 in Edmonton, Canada. Compatriot Mark Lewis-Francis also scored a personal best of 9.97 s at the Edmonton World Championships. Great Britain teammate Jason Gardener's personal best of 9.98 s falls just short of Chambers'. None of his British contemporaries broke the ten second barrier on more than one occasion; Chambers has done so five times.<ref name=Top100/>
Chambers is the only athlete ever to run sub-10s 100 m in three consecutive decades (1990s, 2000s and 2010s)<ref>Rise, Fall, and Redemption: The Dwain Chambers Story. Sport Resolutions. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> and, as of 2025, is the ninth-fastest Briton of all time over 100 m.<ref>100 Men Overall All Time to 10.49 (Auto timed only to 10.49). Power of 10. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
His personal best of 6.42 in the 60 metres set in 2009 was a European record for over a decade, with Marcell Jacobs beating that by one hundredth of a second in 2022. As of 2025, it remains the second fastest mark by a European,<ref>60 metres Men's Lists. European Athletics. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref> and within the top ten fastest globally.<ref>60 metres men. World Athletics. Retrieved 2025-11-17.</ref>
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metres | 5.69 seconds | Liévin, France | 13 February 2000 |
| 60 metres | 6.42 seconds | Turin, Italy | 7 March 2009 |
| 100 metres | 9.97 seconds (+0.2 m/s wind) | Seville, Spain | 22 August 1999 |
| 200 metres | 20.31 seconds (−0.6 m/s wind) | London, England | 22 July 2001 |
- Excludes times nullified due to Chambers' positive drugs tests and subsequent ban – All information taken from IAAF profile.<ref name=IAAFbio/>
International competition record
- †Amended from fifth after Tim Montgomery tested positive for banned substances
- Excludes results nullified due to Chambers' positive drugs tests and subsequent ban.
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