Callum Davies (runner)

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Callum Davies
2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics Men's 1500 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Australia
Born18 July 1999 (25 years, 91 days old) [1]
Home town Queensland, Australia [1]
Sport
Sport Sport of athletics
Event(s) 1500 metres
Mile run
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal best(s) 1500m :
3:35.14 (2024)

Mile :
3:55.48 (2023)
Updated on 6 April 2024

Callum Davies (born 18 July 1999) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships.

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Career

Davies first represented Australia at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He qualified for the finals of the 1500 m and finished 11th. [1]

Davies achieved his first senior national podium finish at the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships 1500 m, behind Olli Hoare and Matt Ramsden. [2]

In 2023, Davies won gold medals in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the Australian Championships. He became the first Australian person to win both events (including their imperial equivalents) since John Landy in 1956. [3]

Personal life

Davies is from Queensland, where he studies exercise and sport science at the University of Queensland. He is related to Hector Hogan, the last Australian to win a medal in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics. [4]

Statistics

Personal best progression

1500m progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
13:53.325thNational Championships, Olympic Park Athletics Centre Sydney, Australia 26 Mar 2017 [5]
23:52.79Bronze medal icon.svgAustralian University Games at Griffith University Gold Coast, Australia 26 Sep 2017 [6]
33:50.304th1500m Classic at UQ Brisbane, Australia 1 Nov 2017 [7]
43:47.89Bronze medal icon.svgVictorian Milers Club at Albert Park. Twilight Meet Melbourne, Australia 17 Jan 2018 [8]
53:47.61Gold medal icon.svgQueensland Student Games & Allcomers Townsville, Australia 9 Jun 2018 [9]
63:46.324th (Heat 3-19) IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 9 Jul 2018 [10]
73:46.10Silver medal icon.svgQueensland Track Classic, QSAC - State Athletics Facility Brisbane, Australia 22 Mar 2019 [11]
83:46.005th (Heat 2) Australian Athletics Championships Sydney, Australia 4 Apr 2019 [12]
93:45.13Bronze medal icon.svg1500m Classic at UQ Brisbane, Australia 30 Oct 2019 [13]
103:43.51Gold medal icon.svgZatopek:10 Melbourne, Australia 13 Dec 2019 [14]
113:40.91Bronze medal icon.svgZatopek 10 Melbourne, Australia 25 Jan 2021 [15]
123:40.05Bronze medal icon.svg Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne, Australia 24 Mar 2021 [16]
133:38.895thBox Hill Classic Melbourne, Australia 31 Mar 2021 [17]
143:37.86Bronze medal icon.svgCopenhagen Athletics Games København, Denmark 15 Jun 2022 [18]
153:37.785thMeeting Internazionale Sport e Solidarieta Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy 29 Jul 2022 [19]
163:37.3610thMeeting Internazionale Le Sport Solidarietà Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy 13 Jul 2023 [20]
173:37.004thChemist Warehouse Adelaide Invitational Adelaide, Australia 9 Feb 2024 [21]
183:35.145thNSW Milers Sydney, Australia 21 Feb 2024 [22]

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References

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