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Teddy Wilson (born 29 November 2006) is a British sprinter.[1]
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 29 November 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 60m 6.70 (Sheffield, 2024) 100m 10.26 (Mannheim, 2023) 200m 21.50 (London, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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From North London, he attended Bishop Stopford's School in Enfield.[2] He ha said he was inspired to take up sprinting after watching the London 2012 Olympic Games.[3]
In August 2021, Wilson broke the British U15 100m record, running 10.78 seconds at the England Athletics U15 & U17 Championships, in Manchester.[4] He competed in the 100 metres at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in 2022.[5]
He equalled the European Under-18 100m record with a personal best of 10.26 seconds at the Mannheim International in June 2023. That run also broke the Mark Lewis-Francis long-standing UK under-17 record.[6][7] In August 2023, he won gold in the 100m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in a time of 10.37 seconds in Port of Spain, having been named as team captain for the English team.[8][9][10]
He finished fifth in the final of the 100 metres at the senior British Athletics Championships in June 2024.[11] He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[12] He qualified for the final of the 100 metres, where he placed seventh.[13][14][15] Later in the Championships, he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, running the British team's anchor leg.[16][17]
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