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01Biography
Short bio
Jamie Baulch is an Olympic silver medallist, World and European champion and the British Indoor 400m record holder. Since retiring he has built a career across television, entrepreneurship and fundraising, and is the founder of the BidAid fundraising platform.
Long bio
Jamie Baulch spent fifteen years at the top of world athletics. He won Olympic silver in the 4x400m relay in Atlanta in 1996, took World and European relay titles and became World Indoor 400m champion in 1999. Nearly three decades on, he remains the British indoor record holder over 400m.
Off the track he became a familiar face on British television, appearing on A Question of Sport, Celebrity Mastermind and Dancing on Ice, presenting for the BBC and ITV, and fronting two acclaimed documentaries about his search for his birth parents.
Today Jamie builds and backs businesses across fundraising, fitness, media and lifestyle. He founded BidAid, an international silent-auction and fundraising platform, co-owns the tailoring house Crow & Jester, and works with JustDo supplying money-can't-buy experiences to charity events. He is also one of the Olympians leading Wellness Worldwide Club retreats.
He speaks regularly to corporate, charity and school audiences on performance under pressure, resilience, identity and team culture.
Key facts
- Born
- Nottingham, raised in Cardiff
- Event
- 400m and 4x400m relay
- Country
- Great Britain & Wales
- Based
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Speaking topics
- Performance, resilience, identity, team culture
- Founder of
- BidAid
Interview topics
- Life after elite sport, and why reinvention is harder than retirement
- Finding his birth parents on camera
- Building a fundraising platform that has raised millions for charity
- Why wellbeing beats willpower
02Honours
Career record.
- 1996Olympic silver medallist4x400m relay, Atlanta — Great Britain on the podium in one of the fastest relay finals of the decade.
- 1997World champion, 4x400m relayWorld Championships gold with Great Britain in Athens.
- 1999World Indoor 400m championIndividual world indoor title over one lap in Maebashi, Japan.
- 1998European champion, 4x400m relayEuropean Championships relay gold in Budapest.
- Still standingBritish Indoor 400m record holderSet in 1997 and unbeaten by a British athlete for nearly three decades.
03Images
Headshots & logo.
Media contact
Interview requests and bookings via the enquiry form.