Callum Wilkinson (born 14 March 1997) is a British
race walker. As of 2017, he was ranked 2nd overall in the
UK for 20 Km walk.
He represented his country 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
The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year ...
in
Bydgoszcz, Poland. At the
2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in
Gävle, Sweden. He won a bronze medal in the
20 kilometres walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight un ...
.
He became a double
British champion when successfully defending his title and winning the 5000 metres walk event at the
2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 19 min 25.94 secs.
Callum represented Great Britain at the
20km race walk at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. He came tenth in a time of 1:22:38.
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1997 births
Living people
British male racewalkers
English male racewalkers
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
World Athletics U20 Championships winners
British Athletics Championships winners
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