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| Nationality | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1999 Lewisham, London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Haydock-Wilson (born 28 July 1999) is a British athletics athlete. In 2023, he became British 400 metres champion. He achieved a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the mixed 4 x 400 m relay. [1]
Haydock-Wilson studied at the Windsor Boys School, before moving in to further education studying Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Loughborough. [2] In 2022, he was awarded a first-class degree and started his PhD in photovoltaic technology.
Haydock-Wilson was a member of the British 4 x 400-metre relay team that won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. [3] In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the 400m at the British indoor senior championships. [4]
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Haydock-Wilson qualified from the heats to reach the semi-finals of the men's 400 metres where he ran a new personal best time. [5] He also competed in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay. [6]
At the 2022 European Championships he won bronze in the finals of the men's 400 metres, and gold in the finals of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay. [7]
In 2023, he became British champion over 400 metres. He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [9] In May 2024, he was selected to run the 400 metres and 4x400m relay for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [10] Competing at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester he placed third overall on 30 June 2024 [11]
He was named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics [12] and was part of the mixed 4x400 team which won a bronze medal in a new national record of 3:08.01. [13] [14]
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