Callum Elson
Callum Elson (born 31 December 1998) is a British middle-distance and cross-country runner. He won a silver medal in the road mile at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga.[1]
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| Nationality | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Mile | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m 1:49.87 (Watford, 2023) 1500m 3:35.39 (London, 2023) One Mile 3:58.74 (Philadelphia, 2023) 3000m 8:15.64 (Leeds, 2021) 5000m 13:52.76 (Philadelphia, 2022) 10,000n 30:11.87 (Leeds, 2021) One Mile Road: 3:56.41 (Riga, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
A Cambridge and Coleridge athlete,[2] Elson ran as a youngster and finished 16th in the English Schools Cross Country Champs in 2017, but while at the University of Durham concentrated on playing football and only began running seriously again during the COVID-19 Pandemic.[3] In 2022, he left American International College in Boston, Massachusetts and returned to the UK. He represented Britain for the first time at the European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy in December 2022.[4]
In February 2023, he was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, New South Wales.[5]
Elson ran a new area record time of 3:56.41 to win the silver medal in the road mile at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga.[6]
Personal life
In the early 2020s, Elson began recording his athletics journey on social media using the moniker "The Distance Project".[7]
References
- "Callum Elson". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "CALLUM ELSON SEALS MILE SILVER AT THE INAUGURAL WORLD ATHLETICS ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- Henderson, Jason (October 1, 2023). "Surprise package Callum Elson storms to silver in Riga". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "Callum Elson – switching football boots for running spikes". England Athletics. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- Adams, Tim (February 1, 2023). "Great Britain sends 17 athletes to World Cross in Australia". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "World Athletics Road Running Championships 2023: Callum Elson claims silver in Lativa". BBC Sport. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "Callum Elson – from footballer to sub-four". Viewsfromtheconcourse. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.