Cameron Chalmers

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Full name Cameron Christopher David Chalmers
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Guernsey
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birthday 6th February 1997 (age 23)
place of birth Guernsey , UK
size 189 cm
Weight 80 kg
Career
discipline 400 meter run
Best performance 45.64 s
society Guernsey / Bath University
Trainer Matthew Elias
status active
Medal table
European championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo European championships
silver Berlin 2018 4 × 400 m
EAA logo U23 European Championships
gold Bydgoszcz 2017 4 × 400 m
silver Gävle 2019 400 m
silver Gävle 2019 4 × 400 m
last change: May 20, 2020

Cameron Christopher David Chalmers (born February 6, 1997 in Guernsey ) is a British sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Cameron Chalmers gained his first international experience in 2016, when he reached the semi-finals at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he was eliminated with 46.51 seconds. The following year he reached fourth place in the U23 European Championships there in 46.29 seconds and won the British 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 03.65 minutes. In 2018 he took part for Guernsey in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and was eliminated there with 46.34 s in the semi-finals. In the summer he was given a starting place in the relay for the European Championships in Berlin , where he contributed to winning the silver medal behind Belgium. In 2019 he reached the semi-finals in the individual competition at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow , where he was eliminated with 47.83 seconds, while he finished fifth in the relay in 3: 08.48 minutes. He also finished fifth at the World Relays in Yokohama after 3: 04.96 minutes and then won the silver medal behind Frenchman Fabrisio Saïdy in 45.92 seconds at the U23 European Championships in Gävle and also won the relay in 3: 04.59 min the silver medal behind Germany. With the British relay he also took part in the World Championships in Doha and also reached the final there , in which the team did not reach the finish line.

In 2019 Chalmers became British indoor champion in the 400-meter run. He is a student at the University of Bath . His younger brother Alastair Chalmers is also active as a track and field athlete.

Personal best

  • 400 meters: 45.64 s, June 18, 2017 at Bedford
    • 400 meters (indoor): 46.26 s, February 10, 2019 in Birmingham

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