Christopher Patrick Lambert is a former professional sprinter from England.
Background
He grew up on Southampton Way Estate in Peckham, London, attending to school at Oliver Goldsmith"s Primary School in Camberwell and Haberdashers" Aske"s Hatcham College, before attending Harvard University, where he was a member of the The Phoenix – South K Club.
Education
As a junior athlete in 1999, Lambert finished 3rd at the European Junior Championships and ran the fastest time in the world over 200m for an U20 athlete.
Career
Named captain of the Great British Junior team in 2000, he was unable to compete for the majority of the season due to a hamstring injury but left the age group ranked 3rd on the national all-time list. At Harvard, Lambert broke 5 college and 3 Ivy League records (for the 60m, 100m and 200m), winning 6 Ivy League titles and finishing 4th in the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Outdoor Track and Field Championship, becoming an National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American. He finally retired in 2008 on suffering several stress fractures to the right tibia.
Lambert is a keen football fan.
A lifelong Arsenal supporter, he also plays every Saturday for the graduate team of Street Anne"s College, Oxford - the Metropolitan Golf Association Veterans - in the Wimbledon & District League.