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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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teddy Wilson (born 29 November 2006) is a British sprinter.[1]
Early life
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]
Career
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.[6] 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.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Teddy Wilson". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Year 10 Teddy Wilson breaks British U15 100m record". Bishopstopfords.enfield.sch.uk. September 22, 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Heath, Georgie (May 15, 2024). "Teddy Wilson: "I was immediately inspired at London 2012"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (August 10, 2021). "Teddy Wilson breaks British U15 100m record – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Trinbago 2023: Meet Team England's new sprinting stars". Team England. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 August 2023). "Para athletics makes Commonwealth Youth Games debut with discus gold for Agbo". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (August 9, 2023). "Jamaica a No-Show, Nigeria Dominates Women's 100m at 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games". Track Alerts. Retrieved 29 March 2024.