{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chris Snook | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Race Walking | club = AFD | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''3000m walk:''' 11:45.68 (Birmingham, 2024) <br> '''5000m walk:''' 20:31.60 (Manchester, 2024) |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|British Athletics Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Manchester|5000m walk}} {{MedalGold|2023 Manchester|5000m walk}} {{MedalCompetition|British Athletics Indoor Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Birmingham|3000m walk}} {{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|3000m walk}} | }}
'''Christopher Snook''' (born 14 January 2000) is a British track and field athlete. In 2023 and 2024 he was British national champion in the 5000m race walk, and in 2022 and 2024 the British indoor champion at the 3000 metres race walk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/christopher-snook-14713437|website=World Athletics|accessdate=10 July 2023|title=Chris Snook}}</ref>
== Biography == Snook races for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afd.org.uk/afd-shine-at-national-20000m-championships/|accessdate=10 July 2023|title= AFD shine at National 20,000m Championships|date=14 June 2023|first=Mike|last=Neighbour}}</ref> In February 2022, Snook won the first ever England Athletics Winter Race Walking Championships titles over 10,000m in Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afd.org.uk/english-10000m-race-walking-championship-5th-feb/ |first=Mike|last=Neighbour|website=afd.org|title= English 10,000m Race Walking Championship 5th Feb|date=10 February 2022}}</ref> That month, he won the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships title in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7179884?eventId=10229786|website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= UK Indoor Championships|date=26 February 2022}}</ref>
In March 2023, Snook was selected to represent England at the Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/chris-snook-to-represent-england-in-warsaw/|website=England Athletics|accessdate=10 July 2023|title= Chris Snook to represent England in Warsaw|date=29 March 2023}}</ref>
On 10 June 2023, he won the senior titles at the British Grand Prix of Race Walking over 20,000 metres, held at Leeds Beckett Athletics Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/warner-and-snook-take-senior-titles-at-the-british-grand-prix-of-race-walking/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=10 June 2023|date=12 June 2023|title= WARNER AND SNOOK TAKE SENIOR TITLES AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX OF RACE WALKING}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/jennings-and-snook-claim-national-race-walking-titles/|accessdate=10 July 2023|website=England Athletics|title= Jennings and Snook claim national race walking titles|date= 12 June 2023}}</ref>
Snook won the UK Athletics Championships men's 5000 metres race walk title, in Manchester, in July 2023.<ref name="mum">{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/rowden-strikes-as-bold-burgin-falters-1039969371/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=10 July 2023|title= Rowden strikes as bold Burgin falters|first=Jason|last=Henderson |date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
In the 3000m race walk at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2024, Snook won the British title with a personal best time of 11:45.68.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5073/results-uk-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=5 March 2024|title= Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
He was runner-up to Cameron Corbishley in the 5000m at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships on 3 August 2025 in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/hughes-stars-again-on-day-of-sterling-action-at-novuna-uk-athletics-championships/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=4 August 2025|title= HUGHES STARS AGAIN ON DAY OF STERLING ACTION AT NOVUNA UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=3 August 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is the son of former international race walker Verity Snook-Larby.<ref name="mum"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{authority control}} {{British Athletics Championships men's 5000 metres walk champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snook, Chris}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:British men race walkers Category:British Athletics Championships winners Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:English men race walkers