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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]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1997 Moulton, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Race walking | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 20km | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Togher Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rob Heffernan | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1:20:34 for 20k | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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