Callum Wilkinson
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27) Moulton, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
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Country | England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Race walking | ||||||||||||||
Event | 20km | ||||||||||||||
Club | Togher Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rob Heffernan | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 1:20:34 for 20k | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Callum Wilkinson (born 14 March 1997) is a British race walker.[1] As of 2017, he was ranked 2nd overall in the UK for 20 km walk.[2]
Career
Wilkinson represented Great Britain in the 20 km walk at the 2017 World Championships, finishing in 41st position. He won a gold medal in the 10,000 m walk at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. At the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden. He won a bronze medal in the 20 kilometres walk.
He became a double British champion when successfully defending his title and winning the 5,000 metres walk event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 19 min 25.94 secs.[3]
Wilkinson represented Great Britain in the 20km race walk at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. He came tenth in a time of 1:22:38.[4]
After winning the 10,000 metres walk gold medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Wilkinson was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] He finished 16th in the 20 kilometres walk at the Games in Paris. [6]
References
- ^ Callum Wilkinson at World Athletics
- ^ "Athlete Profile - Callum Wilkinson". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Callum Wilkinson and Tom Bosworth wilt in the heat of Sapporo". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "WILKINSON OPENS OLYMPIC ATHLETICS WITH 16TH IN MEN'S 20KM RACE WALK". British Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
- Callum Wilkinson at World Athletics
- Callum Wilkinson at British Athletics
- Callum Wilkinson at Team GB
- Callum Wilkinson at Olympedia
- Callum Wilkinson at Team England
- Callum Wilkinson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Callum Wilkinson on X
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