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Great Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Mike McFarlane has died at the age of 63.<\/span><\/p>\n McFarlane was part of the 4x100m relay team that won silver at the Seoul 1988 Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He won three medals at the Commonwealth Games, sharing gold in the 200m at Brisbane 1982, before adding 4x100m relay silver and 100m bronze four years later.<\/span><\/p>\n He also won the European indoor title over 60m in Athens in 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n With a personal best of 10.22 seconds in the 100m, he was part of a silver-medal winning relay team in Seoul that included Elliot Bunney, John Regis and Linford Christie.<\/span><\/p>\n After retiring from athletics, he coached a number of Team GB’s more recent Olympic athletes, including Jodie Williams and Desiree Henry.<\/span><\/p>\n “Our thoughts are with his family, friends, athletes and fellow coaches,” England Athletics said.<\/span><\/p>\n Sydney 2000 Olympic medallist Katharine Merry wrote on Twitter: “Sorry to hear about the passing of Mike McFarlane. <\/span><\/p>\n