WILKINSON Callum

Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MOULTON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : CORK

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 20km Race Walk	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 20km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	DQ
2017	London, GBR	41st (1:23:54)

European Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	DQ

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:32
9	2019	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	1:21:54
10	2017	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Podebrady, CZE	1:22:17
41	2017	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	1:23:54
51	2018	20km Race Walk	Suzhou	Suzhou, CHN	1:33:43

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Event Management - Leeds Beckett University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Togher Athletics Club [IRL] / Enfield and Haringey Athletics Club [ENG]

Rob Heffernan [personal], IRL

His training in the 2019/20 northern hemisphere winter was affected after he was diagnosed with bursitis [inflammation] in his heel in December 2019, and a metatarsal bone oedema in February 2020. He returned to competition in July 2020. (Instagram profile, 06 Aug 2020; Instagram profile, 28 Feb 2020)

He wanted to be an Olympian from an early age. "I still remember clearly standing in Moulton Primary School playground [in England] talking to two friends and telling them how we were all going to go to the Olympics one day." (suffolknews.co.uk, 08 Jun 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I'm not going to Tokyo to be a tourist, I want to be challenging those who are aiming for the medals." (suffolknews.co.uk, 08 Jun 2021)

In 2021 he was named in the East Anglian Daily Times newspaper's list of 30 inspiring young people under 30 in Suffolk, England. (eadt.co.uk, 12 Jun 2021)

In 2016, he was named U20 Athlete of the Year at England Athletics' Hall of Fame gala, and Young Male Athlete of the Year at the British Athletics Writers' Association Awards. (leedsbeckett.ac.uk, 20 Oct 2016; rpmf.org.uk, 17 Oct 2016; athleticsweekly.com, 04 Nov 2016)

General Interest

General
NEW COACH
He says his disqualification from the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, was a major factor in his decision to move to Cork, Ireland in 2019 to train under Rob Heffernan, who won bronze in the 50km race walk at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "The disqualification was tough and sitting on that roadside I was gutted, but you have to learn from it. I have known Rob a little while and when I raced in Ireland in July [2019] we had a chat and he said a lot of things that made sense. It felt like time to reflect after the disqualification and I came to the conclusion that joining up with Rob was the next step. I need to evaluate my own technique and Rob is going to be a big help with that because he has been there and done it." (suffolknews.co.uk, 21 Nov 2019; independent.ie, 24 Mar 2016; athleticsweekly.com, 29 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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