Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club

Wales-based athletics club

This article is about Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. For the multi-sports club based at Cardiff Arms Park, see Cardiff Athletic Club.

Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium

Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club (Cardiff AAC) (Welsh: Clwb Athletau Amatur Caerdydd), formed in 1882 as Roath (Cardiff) Harriers, is an athletics club based at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff. The club began as a cross country club, the first athletics only club in Wales. Roath Harriers runners became individual and team champions of the first Welsh Cross Country Championships, held on 7 March 1894. Roath Harriers shared Maindy Stadium with Birchgrove Harriers from its opening in 1951 and the two clubs amalgamated to form Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club in 1968. Cardiff were British Athletics League champions in 1973, 1974, and 1975 and remain one of the top twelve clubs in Britain.[1][2][3]

The club comprises five sections, each specialising in a separate sport: track and field, road running, cross country, mountain running, and road walking.[1]

Cardiff AAC athletes have won a total of 122 medals at major international championships—Olympic and Paralympic Games, World and European Championships, Commonwealth Games and the World University Games.[4]

Former and current Cardiff AAC athletes include:

* Jim Alford (1938 British Empire Games gold medalist)
* Lynn Davies (Lynn the Leap) (1964 Olympic Games gold medalist, 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games gold medalist)
* Clive Longe (1966 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* Berwyn Price (1974 silver and 1978 Commonwealth Games gold medalist)
* Steve Barry (1982 Commonwealth Games gold medalist)
* Colin Jackson (1993 and 1999 World Championships gold medalist and 1988 Olympic Games silver medalist)
* Venissa Head (1986 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* Angela Tooby (1986 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Helen Miles (1986 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Carmen Smart (1986 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Kay Morley (1990 Commonwealth Games gold medalist)
* Tanni Grey-Thompson (winner of 11 Paralympic Games gold medals)
* Tracey Hinton (double 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games silver medalist and 1992 Olympic Games bronze medalist)
* Paul Gray (1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Douglas Turner (1998 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Nigel Walker (1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships bronze medalist)
* Jamie Baulch (1997 World Championships gold medalist, 1996 Olympic Games and 2002 Commonwealth Games silver medalist and 1998 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist)
* Christian Malcolm (1998 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* Rhys Williams (2012 European Championships Gold medalist)
* Stephen Herbert (2000 Olympic Games silver medalist)
* Matthew Elias (1998 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and 2002 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* Gable Garenamotse (2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* Tim Benjamin (2002 Commonwealth Games silver medalist)
* David Omoregie (2014 World Junior Championships bronze medalist)

Cardiff International Sports Stadium, home of Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club

## See also

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* Sport in Cardiff

## References

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1. ^ a b "Cardiff AAC Club Page". Welsh Athletics Ltd website. Welsh Athletics. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
2. ^ "Welcome to Cardiff AAC :: History". Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club website. Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
3. ^ "Cardiff – Home, Cardiff International Sports Stadium". Cardiff Council's website. Cardiff Council. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
4. ^ "Welcome to Cardiff AAC :: Roll of Honour – Gold (50)". Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club website. Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2009.

## External links

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* Official website

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Sport in Cardiff

Active sporting venues|

* Millennium Stadium
* Cardiff Arms Park
* Sophia Gardens
* Cardiff International Sports Stadium
* Cardiff International Arena
* Cardiff City Stadium
* National Indoor Athletics Centre
* Cardiff International Pool
* Ice Arena Wales
* Maindy Stadium
* Sport Wales National Centre
* Cardiff Athletic Club
* Cardiff International White Water
* Leisure centres in Cardiff

Defunct sporting venues|

* Ely Racecourse
* White City Stadium
* Cardiff Athletics Stadium
* Cardiff Arena
* National Stadium
* Ninian Park
* Wales Empire Pool
* Wales National Ice Rink

Sport teams|

* Caerau (football)
* Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
* Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club
* Cardiff Celts (basketball)
* Cardiff City Blue Dragons (rugby league)
* Cardiff City F.C. (football)
* Cardiff City F.C. (women's football)
* Cardiff City Ladies F.C. (women's football)
* Cardiff Cricket Club
* Cardiff Corinthians (Welsh football league)
* Cardiff Demons (rugby league)
* Cardiff Devils (ice hockey)
* Cardiff Dragons (netball)
* Cardiff Dragons (speedway)
* Cardiff Grange Harlequins (football)
* Cardiff & Met Hockey Club (field hockey)
* Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C. (football)
* Cardiff Metropolitan University (rugby union)
* Cardiff Met WFC (women's football)
* Cardiff Redhawks (ice hockey)
* Cardiff Rugby
* Cardiff Rugby Club (rugby union)
* Cardiff Roller Collective (roller sports)
* Ely Rangers (football)
* Glamorgan County Cricket Club
* Glamorgan Wanderers (rugby union)
* Lisvane (CAC) Tennis Club
* STM Sports (football)
* Tiger Bay Brawlers (roller derby)

Sport events|

* Six Nations (rugby union)
* European Rugby Champions Cup (rugby union)
* Anglo-Welsh Cup (rugby union)
* The Ashes (cricket)
* Cardiff Half Marathon (running)
* Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain (motor racing)
* Wales Rally GB (motor racing)
* Extreme Sailing Series
* 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
* 1991 Rugby World Cup
* 1999 Rugby World Cup
* 2007 Rugby World Cup
* 2015 Rugby World Cup
* 2008 IRB Junior World Championship (rugby union)
* FA Cup finals, 2001–2006 (football)
* EFL Cup finals, 2001–2007 (football)
* FA Cup Semi-finals, 2005 (football)
* 2012 London Olympics
* 2014 UEFA Super Cup
* 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
* 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League final
* 2017 UEFA Champions League final

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