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{{Short description|British sprinter and coach (born 1973)}}
{{For|former Fleet Town midfielder|Darren Campbell (footballer)}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Darren Campbell <br /> <small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image=Darren Campbell 2009.png
| imagesize = 250
| caption =Darren Campbell in 2009
| nationality = British
| sport = [[Sport of Athletics |Athletics]]
| event = 100&nbsp;metres, 200&nbsp;metres
| club = 
| collegeteam = 
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1973|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]], [[Cheshire]]<!-- Do not change to Greater Manchester; Sale was part of Cheshire until 1 April 1974 -->, England
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0.5}}
| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | <br />{{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Sevilla]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]] | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]] | [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 European Athletics Championships|1998 Budapest]] | [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]] | [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 European Athletics Championships|2002 Munich]] | [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
}}

'''Darren Andrew Campbell''', {{post-nominals|country=UK|MBE}} (born 12 September 1973) is a British former [[Sprint (running)|sprint]] [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]]. He was the sprint coach at [[Wasps RFC|Wasps Rugby Club]] for the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wasps.co.uk/news/article/2015/09/03/olympic-champion-darren-campbell-joins-wasps-as-consultant-sprint-coach|title=Wasps Club News|date=3 September 2015|website=Wasps RFC}}</ref> He competed in the [[100 metres]] and [[200 metres]], as well as the [[4 × 100 metres relay]].

Campbell was a promising junior athlete and won a number of medals at the World and European Junior Championships. He spent two years away from athletics, playing professional [[association football|football]] but returned in 1995, attending his [[1996 Summer Olympics|first Olympics]] shortly afterwards. He began to compete as part of the British 4 × 100&nbsp;m relay team and between 1997 and 2000 he won two [[World Championships in Athletics|World Championship]] medals, a gold medal at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]], and set the European record in the event. Success also came in the individual events: he became the 1998 [[European Champions in Athletics|European Champion]] in the 100&nbsp;m and won his first Olympic medal, a silver in the 200&nbsp;m at the [[2000 Sydney Games]]. In the 100&nbsp;m he won silver at the [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|2002 European Championships]] and was the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 World Championships]] bronze medallist.

Campbell formed part of perhaps Britain's most successful relay team – they won in the [[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]] in 1999 and 2000, at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], and took the gold at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]] (the first time a British team had done so since [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1912]]). Campbell had also won a gold medal at the 2002 European Championships and a 2003 World Championship silver medal but had to return them when his running-mate, [[Dwain Chambers]], tested positive for banned substances, sparking much animosity between the two. He won his last medal in 2006, again taking the relay gold at the [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]], and he retired shortly afterwards. His personal bests of 10.04&nbsp;s in the 100&nbsp;m and 20.13&nbsp;s in the 200&nbsp;m were not prodigiously quick by elite global standards, but over his career he earned an impressive reputation as a 'championship' runner, saving his best for finals and collecting significantly more medals than his times alone would indicate.

He now works with various [[Premier League]] [[association football|football]] clubs, working with the players to improve their sprinting ability. He also regularly visits schools to promote sport among children, on behalf of the [[Youth Sport Trust]], and he also recently appeared as a VIP guest at [[Sheffield Hallam University]]'s annual Sports Ball held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.

In September 2024, it was announced that Campbell had joined sports tech firm Feldspar as Global Track Strategy Director, to oversee the development and the testing of the company's cutting-edge sensor-enabled high-performance running track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feldspar Appoints Olympic Champion Darren Campbell, MBE as Global Track Strategy Director {{!}} Feldspar |url=https://www.feldsparsport.com/news/feldspar-appoints-olympic-champion-darren-campbell-mbe-as-global-track-strategy-director |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.feldsparsport.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Raised on the Racecourse Estate in [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]], Cheshire<!-- Do not change to Greater Manchester; Sale was part of Cheshire until 1 April 1974 --><ref>{{cite news |title=An email conversation with Darren Campbell: 'Athletics mattered to me almost more than life itself' |author=Mike Rowbottom |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/an-email-conversatiom-with-darren-campbell-athletics-mattered-to-me-almost-more-than-life-itself-410854.html |work=The Independent |date=7 August 2006 | location=London|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/57656659 Olympic Games: 'Gang life nearly killed me - sprinting was my way out'], BBC Sport, 15 July 2021</ref> Campbell was a talented athlete and [[association football|footballer]] in his youth. His first national success in athletics was a [[gold medal]] at the English Schools Championships in the 200 m. Campbell then won the 100 m and 200 m gold medals at the 1991 European Junior Championships held in [[Thessaloniki]], Greece, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m. A year later, he won [[silver medal]]s at the 1992 World Junior Championships, in the sprint double, and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. He was beaten both times by [[Ato Boldon]], who became the first athlete to win a double at the championships.
His senior international debut came at the Stuttgart World Championships in 1993, as part of the 4 × 100 m squad. However, as a result of injuries, he left athletics at the age of 21 to launch a career in football with trials for [[Cwmbran Town]], [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7964895.stm|title='Switch sport for Olympics' plea|access-date=26 March 2009|date=26 March 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref> Yorkley, [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]], [[UWIC Inter Cardiff F.C.|UWIC Inter Cardiff]] and [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] amongst others.

===Return to athletics===
Campbell returned to athletics in 1995, and ran the 100 m in 10.34sec that year. The following year, he improved his 100 m time to 10.17sec, and represented [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], USA. Campbell only represented Britain in the 4 × 100 m relay, but the baton was dropped as it was passed on to him.

At the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]], Campbell won his first major senior medal – a bronze in the 4 × 100 m relay, and by this time was a regular feature in the British squad.

Campbell's first senior gold medals came at the [[1998 European Championships in Athletics#Track|1998 European Championships]] in [[Budapest]]. Campbell won the 100 m individual event, setting his best time at the 100 m in the final – 10.13sec, and also winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the [[1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] that year, Campbell helped break the [[List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics|championship record]] for the 4 × 100 m relay. However, he won no individual medals.

The following year, in the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]], held in [[Seville]], Campbell won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, but was eliminated from his individual event in the semi-finals.

===2000 and the Sydney Olympics===
In 2000, Campbell won the man of the match award in the European Cup following his performance in the 100 m. Campbell replaced [[Jason Gardener]] with 20 minutes notice, and won the race in a time of 10.09sec (wind-assisted). He also ran in a leg in the winning 4 × 100 m relay team.

At the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], Campbell placed 6th in the 100 m final, and took a surprise silver medal in the 200 m, as Campbell was mainly a 100 m runner, and had a previous best time of 20.49sec. In the quarter-final, he took 0.29sec off this to reduce to 20.13sec, his fastest time at the distance in his career. This was followed by performances of 20.23sec in the semi-final and 20.14sec in the final to finish second, Campbell's first senior medal at the distance. The gold medal was won by controversial Greek sprinter [[Konstantinos Kenteris]].

===2001–2002===
Campbell was again hit by injury in 2001, missing the majority of the year's competitions. He had run 10.16sec for the 100 m and 20.41sec for the 200 m, and been named European Cup captain prior to the injury.

After returning from injury the following year, Campbell took bronze in the individual 100 m event and gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the [[2002 European Athletics Championships#Track|2002 European Championships]]. His bronze was later upgraded to a silver after [[Dwain Chambers]] confessed to taking [[doping (sport)|performance-enhancing drugs]] at this time. However, the relay gold was later taken from him, as Chambers was part of the quartet. He won his quarter-final in the 200 m, but was eliminated after being disqualified for stepping outside his lane.

The year also saw Campbell compete in his home town of Manchester in the [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. He did repeat his Olympic success in the 200 m, receiving bronze in this event. However, he anchored the team to gold in the 4 × 100 m relay along with squad members [[Jason Gardener]], [[Marlon Devonish]] and [[Allyn Condon]], just beating [[Asafa Powell]] of Jamaica in a very tight photo finish.

===2003–2006===
In 2003, at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|Paris World Championships]], Campbell took bronze in the 100 m, but missed on a medal in the 200 m, finishing fourth in the final. He also ran the 2nd leg for the 4 × 100 m relay team, but later lost this medal due to Dwain Chambers being found guilty of [[doping (sport)|doping]]. Campbell also set his 60 m PB of 6.59sec this year.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, Campbell won a surprise gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m]], in a team with Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish and [[Mark Lewis-Francis]], who defeated the USA team by just 0.01sec, winning in a season's best of 38.07sec.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/feb/22/olympic-moments-great-britain-relay |title=50 stunning Olympic moments No15: Great Britain's 2004 relay victory |date=22 February 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Rob Bagchi}}</ref> However, Campbell performed less well in the 100 m and 200 m, exiting in the heat and semi-final respectively, due to not being fully recovered from a hamstring injury.

He was named captain for the European Cup in 2005, however did not have a successful season, only placing 5th in the AAA semi-final and running 10.47sec (10.48w) for the 100 m and 20.9sec for the 200 m. He did, however, receive an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the [[British honours system|New Year Honours]].

Campbell competed at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]], however did not progress past the semi-final in the 200 m, and the England team were eliminated in the 4 × 100 m after a faulty baton changeover in their heat. He did not compete individually at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]], but ran the second leg to help Britain to the gold medal in the 4 × 100 relay.

===European Championships row===
On 13 August 2006, after winning the 4 × 100 m European relay gold medal with Great Britain, Campbell left the track without completing a lap of honour with the rest of his teammates. He initially remained cryptic about his problems, but revealed the next day that his lap of honour boycott was due to his loss of two relay medals (2002 European Championships gold and 2003 World Championships silver) as a result of [[Dwain Chambers|Dwain Chambers']] [[doping (sport)|doping]]. Campbell did, however, explain that he did stand by Chambers insofar as he was not solely accountable, but he felt Chambers had a duty to inform the authorities of the individuals who led him to his departure to America and his resulting adoption of a drug programme. [[John Regis (athlete)|John Regis]] criticised Campbell for this stand, also noting that his coach ([[Linford Christie]]) had served a drugs ban.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4790367.stm|title=Campbell angry at losing medals|work=BBC Sport|date=14 August 2006}}</ref>

Campbell defended himself, saying "I will not regret doing that. At times you have to stand up for what you believe", and also that he was concerned about youngsters ending up the same situation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4793493.stm|title=Campbell has no regrets over row|work=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2006}}</ref> He also defended his links with Christie, stating that he would not have remained with Christie if he thought he had cheated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/aug/15/athletics.topstories3|title=Campbell stands his ground over Chambers relay snub|work=The Guardian|date=15 August 2006|last=Mackay |first=Duncan|access-date=18 August 2006|location=London}}</ref>

===Retirement===
Campbell announced his retirement on 18 August 2006.<ref name="retire">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4796455.stm|title=Campbell bows out at Celtic Cup|work=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2006}}</ref> His final race was at the inaugural [[Celtic Cup (athletics)|Celtic Cup]] race in [[Grangemouth]], where he won the 100 m competing as a guest. Campbell surprised<ref name="retire"/> Dave Collins and [[UK Athletics]], who had been expecting him to retire following the two-day international athletics meeting at [[Birmingham]] taking place over the following two days.

In July 2007, Campbell was announced as the new ambassador for Sky Sports Living for Sport, a successful initiative run by the Youth Sport Trust in conjunction with BSkyB, which uses sport as a tool to re-engage young people who may be at risk of opting out of school life. Sky Sports Living for Sport, now in its fifth year, has involved over 600 schools and benefited over 17,000 young people aged 11–16. Campbell's role will see him meet young people and teachers involved in Sky Sports Living for Sport across the country to share his experiences and help inspire them to reach their full potential.

===Football coaching===
Campbell is well regarded in football circles; he has given training sessions to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]. He is said to be a pace and acceleration specialist.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article3098821.ece |title=Chelsea rely on speed king to lift Shevchenko |work=The Independent |date=26 October 2007 |last=Wallace |first=Sam |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128084542/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article3098821.ece |archive-date=28 November 2007}}</ref> Campbell also worked with [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|MK Dons]], at the invitation of then manager, [[Paul Ince]].

===Rugby coaching===
He has also been engaged by several professional rugby clubs such as [[Sale Sharks]] and [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] to help develop the power and speed of the squad for the 2011–12 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=6456 |title=News / Saracens |access-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320014816/http://www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=6456 |archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/|title=Premiership Rugby &#124;|website=Premiershiprugby.com|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> He has also previously worked with [[Jonah Lomu]] while the Kiwi was playing rugby for Cardiff.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/4550944.stm | work=BBC Sport | title=Campbell to speed up Lomu return | date=22 December 2005}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
Campbell's reputation was made as a championship runner, rather than a runner of fast times. Although he never raced below 10 seconds for 100 m, or 20 seconds for the 200 m, he consistently outperformed rivals with faster personal and seasons bests, enabling him to pick up medals at global and continental championships, and was an excellent, and consistent, relay runner. His medal record of Olympic gold and silver, and World Championship silver and bronze left him second only to [[Linford Christie]] among post war British sprinters in terms of global medals, and one of the few British male sprinters to win individual medals at all four major championships.
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[50 metres]]
|5.77
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|16 February 1999
|-
|[[60 metres]]
|6.59
|[[Birmingham]], England
|21 February 2003
|-
|[[100 metres]]
|10.04
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|19 August 1998
|-
|[[150 metres]]
|15.47
|[[Sheffield]], England
|29 June 1997
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|20.13
|[[Sydney]], Australia
|27 September 2000
|}
*<small>All information taken from IAAF profile.</small><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=C/country=GBR/athcode=9344/index.html Biographies: Campbell, Darren]. Retrieved 3 February 2009.</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|1991
|rowspan="3"|[[1991 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Thessaloniki, Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|100 m
|10.46
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|200 m
|20.61
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.86
|-
|rowspan=3|1992
|rowspan=3|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.46]] <small>(0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.87]] <small>(+0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.21]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|[[1996 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|38.67
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], USA
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|rowspan=2|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
|16th (sf)
|100 m
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.37]]
|-
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.14]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1998
|rowspan=2|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|100 m
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.04]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.52]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
|5th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.08]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.20]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|rowspan=2|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seville]], Spain
|10th (sf)
|100 m
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.15]]
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.73]] ([[List of European records in athletics|AR]])
|-
|[[1999 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|38.16
|-
|rowspan="4"|2000
|rowspan="2"|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sydney]], Australia
|6th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.13]]
|-
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.14]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2000 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Gateshead]], [[United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|100 m
|10.09 '''w'''
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|38.41
|-
|rowspan=5|2002
|rowspan=3|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Munich]], Germany
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|100 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.15]]
|-
|4th (h)
|200 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.66]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Manchester]], [[United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.21]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.62]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2003
|rowspan=3|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|100 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.08]]
|-
|4th
|200 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.39]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|[[2003 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Florence]], Italy
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|38.60
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Athens]], Greece
|36th (h)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.35]]
|-
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.89]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.07]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Melbourne]], Australia
|14th (h)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|20.94]] (w)<sup>1</sup>
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.91]]
|}
<sup>1</sup>Disqualified in the quarterfinals

Apart from these performances, during his career Campbell has also won seven national titles at either the 100 or 200 metres.

==Notes==
*{{note label|Note1|nb|nb}} Disqualified and medals stripped after teammate [[Dwain Chambers]] tested positive for banned substances.

==Personal life==
Campbell was a childhood friend of English comedy personality [[Karl Pilkington]], as described in ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]'' podcasts. In a podcast episode, Pilkington claimed to have been responsible for much of Campbell's early training, which mainly involved allowing him to push a [[go kart]] that Pilkington sat in.<ref>Ricky Gervais show, season 3 episode 12</ref> Campbell later thanked Pilkington in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web |title=TBT I guess its time for me to thank Karl Pilkington for helping me win Olympic Gold... The microscopic part you played was priceless 😂😁👏🏾 🙌🏾 #karlpilkington #tbt #tbthursday #fun #funtimes #fitness #fitnessjourney |url=https://twitter.com/campbelldarren/status/1237995706935369728 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2021}}

Campbell guest presented children's TV gameshow ''[[Best of Friends]]'' in the 'sports special' with [[Iwan Thomas]] in 2008. He was a participant in round one of ''[[Celebrity MasterChef]]'' 2011.

Campbell is also a dog breeder, breeding [[Cavalier King Charles Spaniel]]s, [[Border Collie]]s, [[Rottweiler]]s and other breeds.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090901135244/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/darren-campbell-1.html Sports Reference]

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[[Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Black British sportsmen]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Cwmbrân Town A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Newport County A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Weymouth F.C. players]]
[[Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics]]
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[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics]]