Cameron Chalmers

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Cameron Chalmers
2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 4x400m relay men CM1 16-07-2017 enhancedandcropped.jpg
Cameron Chalmers in 2017
Personal information
Full nameCameron Christopher David Chalmers
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)
Guernsey [1]
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Sprints
College team Bath [1]
ClubGuernsey
Coached by Matthew Elias [3]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.77 (2018) [3]
  • 400 m: 45.64 NR (2017) [4]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay
Representing Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
Island Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jersey 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Jersey 4 x 400 m relay

Cameron Christopher David Chalmers (born 6 February 1997) is a Guernsey born British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. The Guernsey record-holder for the 400 metres, he currently competes for both Guernsey and Great Britain.

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Biography

Early life and career

Born in Guernsey, Chalmers was educated at Elizabeth College and began running with the local Guernsey Island Amateur Athletic Club in 2010. Chalmers competed in a variety of running events in 2013 before focusing on 400 m events from 2014 onwards. [5] After leaving school, Chalmers secured a place at the University of Bath, where he would train under Dan Cossins. [6] In 2015, Chalmers made his first junior appearance for Great Britain, competing in the under-20 4 × 400 m event at the Loughborough International. [7] Chalmers won gold medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events while representing Guernsey at the 2015 Island Games. [8]

In 2016, Chalmers competed at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, [9] where he set a then personal best of 46.51 seconds in the semifinals; he narrowly missed out on the finals, eventually finishing in 9th. [10] Representing Bath in the 400 m final at the 2017 BUCS Championships, Chalmers won his fourth consecutive BUCS 400 m title. His winning time of 45.71 broke the seventeen-year-old championship record, and set a new Guernsey record. [11] In June later that year, Chalmers improved his own Guernsey record time, setting a new personal best of 45.64 as he won the 400 m final at the U23 England Athletics Championships in Bedford. [12]

Senior career

Ahead of the 2017 Island Games, Chalmers announced he was pulling out in order to focus on making selection for Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships. In July that year, Chalmers was named in the Great Britain relay squad, [13] representing the team at the 2017 European Team Championships held in Lille, before being called up for the relay squad at the 2017 World Championships. [14] On 10 February 2019, Chalmers won gold at the 2019 British Indoor Athletics Championships to take his first senior British 400 m title. [15] The time was a personal indoor best of 46.26 and saw him qualify for the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [16] On 27 December 2019, Athletics Weekly ranked Chalmers as the third best 400 m runner in their UK men's merit rankings for 2019. [17]

Statistics

Chalmers celebrating after crossing the line at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships. 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 4x400m relay men final 12 16-07-2017.jpg
Chalmers celebrating after crossing the line at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships.

Source: [3]

Personal bests

EventTime (seconds)EventVenueDateNotes
100 metres 10.77Guernsey Intertrust Challenge Open Saint Peter Port, Guernsey31 July 2016
400 metres 45.64England Athletics U23 Championships Beford, England18 June 2017 NR

Seasonal bests

Year100 metres400 metres
201311.8750.29
201450.77
201548.03
201610.7746.51
201745.64
201810.7745.75
201945.84

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
2015 Island Games St Clement, Jersey 1st400 m48.03
1st4 × 400 m relay3:16.39
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia13th (sf)400 m 46.34
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th (sf)400 m 46.51
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland4th400 m 46.29
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:03.65
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:01.62 [n 1]
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th4 × 400 m relay 3:04.96
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd400 m 45.92
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:04.59
World Championships Doha, Qatar 8th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:01.96 [n 2]
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 14th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:03.29
  1. Did not run the final; time from the heats.
  2. Did not finish in the final

National titles

Personal life

Chalmers' younger brother Alastair Chalmers is also a track and field athlete, specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. [18] [19] Their father Chris works with the Guernsey Athletics Club. [19]

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