Callum Hawkins
Hawkins at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
22 June 1992 Elderslie |
| Alma mater |
Butler University University of the West of Scotland |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | 3000-10,000 m, half marathon, marathon |
| Club | Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club Butler University University of the West of Scotland |
| Coached by | Robert Hawkins (father) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 3000 m – 8:07.98i (2010) 5000 m – 14:03.37i (2012) HM – 1:00:00 (2017) Marathon – 2:10:52 (2016) |
| Updated on 21 August 2016. | |
Callum Hawkins (born 22 June 1992) is a British distance runner, who competed in the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the all-time Great Britain number 2 (and European all-time number six) at half marathon, behind Mo Farah, and 2016 winner, and course record holder, of the Great Scottish Run, the first British winner of the event in 23 years.
Hawkins was born on 22 June 1992 in Elderslie near Paisley. He has an elder brother Derek. Callum and Derek were encouraged to take up distance running, and are trained by their father Robert, a former international runner. In 2010–2012 Hawkins competed for the Butler University in the United States, earning all-American status, and winning the 2011 Men's Athlete of the Year award for the Great Lakes Region. He was the first athlete from the Butler University to win the award. After that he studied mechanical engineering at the University of the West of Scotland. Some time before 2013 he had two surgeries on his left knee.
At the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Hawkins finished 47th in the junior men's race in a time of 24 minutes and 21 seconds.
In 2013 he finished seventh in the men's under-23's race at the European Cross Country Championships. At the 2014 European Cross Country Championships he improved to a fifth-place finish in the under-23's race.
Hawkins competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland, representing the host nation in the men's 10,000 metres, finishing 20th.
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