Menzies Campbell

Sir Walter Menzies Campbell is a British politician. He is the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and represents the North East Fife in the [[House of Commons

Campbell competed as a sprinter for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He held the British record for the hundred meter dash from 1967-1974 with a time of 10.2 seconds. At one point, Campbell was known as "the fastes white man on the planet".http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511964/On-your-marks,-Ming.html

• Born: 22 May 1941

• 1964: Competed for Great Britain in the 200m at Olympics in Tokyo

• 1975: Became chairman of Scottish Liberals

• 2002: Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a form of cancer. Made full recovery

• 2003: Campbell became deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats

• 2006: Leader of the Liberal Democrats