{{Short description|British race walker (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Callum Wilkinson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moulton, Suffolk, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Race walking | club = Enfield and Haringey AC<br>Togher Athletic Club | coach = Rob Heffernan | pb = 1:20:34 for 20k | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport |Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Gold |2016 Bydgoszcz|10,000 m walk}} }}
'''Callum Wilkinson''' (born 14 March 1997) is a British race walker.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143095 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Wilkinson won a gold medal in the 10,000 m walk at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He represented Great Britain in the 20 km walk at the 2017 World Championships, finishing in 41st position and in 2017 was ranked 2nd overall in the UK for 20 km walk.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=548255|title=Athlete Profile - Callum Wilkinson|website=www.thepowerof10.info|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uka.org.uk/results/20200904_Manchester/timetable/index/|title=Results list|website=British Athletics}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tokyo-olympics-callum-wilkinson-and-tom-bosworth-wilt-in-the-heat-of-sapporo-3336092|title=Tokyo Olympics: Callum Wilkinson and Tom Bosworth wilt in the heat of Sapporo|publisher=Yorkshire Post|accessdate=3 August 2024}}</ref>
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 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref> He finished 16th in the 20 kilometres walk at the Games in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/wilkinson-kickstarts-british-interests-in-20km-race-walk/|title=WILKINSON OPENS OLYMPIC ATHLETICS WITH 16TH IN MEN'S 20KM RACE WALK|publisher=British Athletics|accessdate=3 August 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{World Athletics}} * {{British Athletics}} * {{Team GB}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|callum-wilkinson}} * {{Team England|callum-wilkinson}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6032408-callum-wilkinson}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/callum-wilkinson_1924505 Callum Wilkinson] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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