Cameron Chalmers

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Cameron Chalmers
File:2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 4x400m relay men CM1 16-07-2017 enhancedandcropped.jpg
Chalmers in 2017
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 29)
Guernsey[1]
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprints
College teamBath[1]
ClubGuernsey
Coached byMatthew Elias[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.77 (2018)[3]
  • 400 m: 45.64(2017)[4]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay
Representing File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey
Island Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jersey 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 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.

Biography

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Early life and career

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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.[4]

Senior career

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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,[12] 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.[13] On 10 February 2019, Chalmers won gold at the 2019 British Indoor Athletics Championships to take his first senior British 400 m title.[14] The time was a personal indoor best of 46.26 and saw him qualify for the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[15] On 27 December 2019, Athletics Weekly ranked Chalmers as the third best 400 m runner in their UK men's merit rankings for 2019.[16]

Statistics

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Chalmers celebrating after crossing the line at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships.

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Personal bests

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Event Time (seconds) Event Venue Date Notes
100 metres 10.77 Guernsey Intertrust Challenge Open Saint Peter Port, Guernsey 31 July 2016
400 metres 45.64 England Athletics U23 Championships Beford, England 18 June 2017 NR

Seasonal bests

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Year 100 metres 400 metres
2013 11.87 50.29
2014 — 50.77
2015 — 48.03
2016 10.77 46.51
2017 — 45.64
2018 10.77 45.75
2019 — 45.84

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey
2015 Island Games St Clement, Jersey 1st 400 m 48.03
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.39
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 13th (sf) 400 m 46.34
Representing File: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, Poland 4th 400 m 46.29
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.65
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.62[n 1]
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.96
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd 400 m 45.92
2nd 4 × 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

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  • British Indoor Athletics Championships
    • 400 metres: 2019

Personal life

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Chalmers' younger brother Alastair Chalmers is also a track and field athlete, specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[17][18] Their father Chris works with the Guernsey Athletics Club.[18]

References

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  • Cameron Chalmers at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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