Taylor Campbell

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Taylor Campbell
Personal information
Born (1996-06-30) 30 June 1996 (age 29)
Slough, England [1]
Education Loughborough University
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight213 kg (470 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hammer throw
Club Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC
City of Sheffield and Dearne AC [2]
Coached byJohn Pearson (2016–)
Paul Dickenson (2011–2016)
Jamie Bath (–2011)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Naples Hammer Throw

Taylor Campbell (born 30 June 1996) is an English athlete specialising in the hammer throw. [3] He finished fourth at the 2017 European U23 Championships and fifth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In addition, he won a bronze at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

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Biography

Campbell represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [4]

His personal best in the event is 74.98 m set in Loughborough 2020, improved with 76.97 m at the same venue on 23 May 2021. He then realised 78.23 metres at Grosics Gyula Stadion, Tatabánya, on 5 June 2021.

Campbell became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British Athletics Championships in 2021. [5] [6]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain and Flag of England.svg  England
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 14th (q)Hammer throw (5 kg)71.49 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 9thHammer throw (6 kg) 73.12 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 6thHammer throw (6 kg)75.63 m
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4thHammer throw 70.59 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5thHammer throw 72.03 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 3rdHammer throw 73.86 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (q)Hammer throw 71.34 m

References

  1. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. "Power of 10 profile" . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. Taylor Campbell at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. "Gold Coast 2018 Team". Team England. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.