| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 60m 6.70 (Sheffield, 2024) 100m 10.26 (Mannheim, 2023) 200m 21.50 (London, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teddy Wilson (born 29 November 2006) is a British sprinter. [1]
From North London, he attended Bishop Stopford's School in Enfield. [2] He ha said he was inspired to take up sprinting after watching the London 2012 Olympic Games. [3]
In August 2021, Wilson broke the British U15 100m record, running 10.78 seconds at the England Athletics U15 & U17 Championships, in Manchester. [4] He competed in the 100 metres at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in 2022. [5]
He equalled the European Under-18 100m record with a personal best of 10.26 seconds at the Mannheim International in June 2023. That run also broke the Mark Lewis-Francis long-standing UK under-17 record. [6] [7] In August 2023, he won gold in the 100m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in a time of 10.37 seconds in Port of Spain, having been named as team captain for the English team. [8] [9] [10]
He finished fifth in the final of the 100 metres at the senior British Athletics Championships in June 2024. [11] He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [12] He qualified for the final of the 100 metres, where he placed seventh. [13] [14] [15] Later in the Championships, he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, running the British team's anchor leg. [16] [17] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [18]
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983.
Jeanette Boahemaa Kwakye is a British broadcaster and retired sprinter.
Jodie Alicia Williams is a retired British sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres, having begun her career concentrating on 100 and 200 metres.
Adam Ahmed Gemili is a British sprinter. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, three-time European champion in the 4 x 100 metres relay, and part of the Great Britain team that won gold at the 2017 World Championships in the same event. He has finished fourth in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and fourth and fifth in separate editions of the World Championships in the same event.
Zharnel Hughes is an Anguilla-born British sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, World Athletics and European Athletics events, and for England at the Commonwealth Games, since 2015. A double Commonwealth Games, double European Championships gold medalist as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay, Hughes has twice been European champion individually; over 100 metres in 2018, and 200 metres in 2022. In 2023, he broke both British sprint records, before winning his first global individual medal, a bronze in the 100 metres at the 2023 World championships.
Sophie Megan Hahn, is a parasport athlete from England competing mainly in T38 sprint events. In 2013, she qualified for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, selected for the T38 100m and 200m. She took the gold in the 100m sprint, setting a new world record.
Geraldina Rachel Asher-Smith is a British sprinter internationally active since 2011. In 2019 she was the first British woman to win a World title in a sprint event.
Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive in the 100 m, and the third fastest ever in the 200 m.
Daryll Saskia Neita is a British sprinter. She won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships along with bronze in the 100 metres at the 2022 European Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games and in the 60 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. She has also won several medals as part of Great Britain 4 × 100 m relay teams, including an Olympic silver medal in 2024 and bronze medals in 2016 and 2021, World Championships silver medals in 2017 and 2019 and European gold in 2018.
Puripol Boonson is a Thai sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His 200 metres time is the Southeast Asian Games record.
Jeremiah Azu is a Welsh sprinter. In 2024 he became the first Welshman to run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds in wind-legal conditions.
Hannah Brier is a British sprinter who won the 200 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Julien Alfred is a Saint Lucian sprinter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event, setting a new national record of 10.72s in the final. Her medal was the first-ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia. She then won a silver in the 200 metres. Alfred also won the gold medal in the 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Delta Amidzovski is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete. She won gold in the long jump at the 2024 World U20 Championships.
Nia Wedderburn-Goodison is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.
Adaejah Hodge is a track and field athlete from the British Virgin Islands who competes as a sprinter.
Thea Brown is a British track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete.
Faith Okwose is a Nigerian sprinter. She became the Nigerian national champion over 200 metres in 2023.
Kishawna Niles is a Barbadian sprinter. She became Barbadian national champion over 100 metres in 2023. She won a bronze medal over 100 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.
Deandre Daley is a Jamaican sprinter.
