Cameron Chalmers

Cameron Christopher David Chalmers (born 6 February 1997) is a Guernsey born British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. The Guernsey record-holder for the 400 metres, Chalmers currently competes for both Guernsey and Great Britain.

Cameron Chalmers
Cameron Chalmers in 2017
Personal information
Full nameCameron Christopher David Chalmers
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-02-06) February 6, 1997
Guernsey[1]
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (180 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprints
College teamBath[1]
ClubGuernsey
Coached byMatthew Elias[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 10.77 (2018)[3]
  • 400 m: 45.64 NR (2017)[4]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
2018 Berlin4 × 400 m relay
Representing  Guernsey
Island Games
2015 Jersey400 m
2015 Jersey4 x 400 m relay

Biography

Early life and career

Born in Guernsey, Chalmers was educated at Elizabeth College and began running with the local Guernsey Island Amateur Athletic Club in 2010. Chalmers competed in a variety of running events in 2013 before focusing on 400 m events from 2014 onwards.[5] After leaving school, Chalmers secured a place at the University of Bath, where he would train under Dan Cossins.[6] In 2015, Chalmers made his first junior appearance for Great Britain, competing in the under-20 4 × 400 m event at the Loughborough International.[7] Chalmers won gold medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events while representing Guernsey at the 2015 Island Games.[8]

In 2016, Chalmers competed at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz,[9] where he set a then personal best of 46.51 seconds in the semifinals; he narrowly missed out on the finals, eventually finishing in 9th.[10] Representing Bath in the 400 m final at the 2017 BUCS Championships, Chalmers won his fourth consecutive BUCS 400 m title. His winning time of 45.71 broke the seventeen-year-old championship record, and set a new Guernsey record.[11] In June later that year, Chalmers improved his own Guernsey record time, setting a new personal best of 45.64 as he won the 400 m final at the U23 England Athletics Championships in Bedford.[12]

Senior career

Ahead of the 2017 Island Games, Chalmers announced he was pulling out in order to focus on making selection for Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships. In July that year, Chalmers was named in the Great Britain relay squad,[13] representing the team at the 2017 European Team Championships held in Lille, before being called up for the relay squad at the 2017 World Championships.[14] On 10 February 2019, Chalmers won gold at the 2019 British Indoor Athletics Championships to take his first senior British 400 m title.[15] The time was a personal indoor best of 46.26 and saw him qualify for the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[16] On 27 December 2019, Athletics Weekly ranked Chalmers as the third best 400 m runner in their UK men's merit rankings for 2019.[17]

Statistics
Chalmers celebrating after crossing the line at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships.

Source:[3]

Personal bests
Event Time (seconds) Event Venue Date Notes
100 metres 10.77 Guernsey Intertrust Challenge Open Saint Peter Port, Guernsey 31 July 2016
400 metres 45.64 England Athletics U23 Championships Beford, England 18 June 2017 NR

Seasonal bests
Year 100 metres 400 metres
201311.8750.29
2014—50.77
2015—48.03
201610.7746.51
2017—45.64
201810.7745.75
2019—45.84

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Guernsey
2015 Island Games St Clement, Jersey 1st 400 m 48.03
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.39
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 13th (sf) 400 m 46.34
Representing  Great Britain
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 9th (sf) 400 m 46.51
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 400 m 46.29
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.65
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.62[n 1]
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.96
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd 400 m 45.92
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.59
World Championships Doha, Qatar 8th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.96[n 2]
  1. Did not run the final; time from the heats.
  2. Did not finish in the final

National titles
  • British Indoor Athletics Championships
    • 400 metres: 2019

Personal life

Chalmers' younger brother Alastair Chalmers is also a track and field athlete, specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[18][19] Their father Chris works with the Guernsey Athletics Club.[19]

References
  1. "CAMERON CHALMERS". britishathletics.org.uk. British Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. "Cameron CHALMERS". gc2018.com. 2018 Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. "Athlete Profile - Cameron Chalmers". British Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. "Double gold for the Chalmers brothers". Guernsey Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Athlete Profile - Cameron Chalmers". British Athletics. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. Druce, Tom. "Athlete Blog – Cameron Chalmers". guernseyathletics.org.gg. Guernsey Athletics. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "Guernsey's Cameron Chalmers surprised by GB under-20 call-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. "A final day gold rush is on cards". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  9. "Guernsey's Cameron Chalmers surprised by GB under-20 call-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  10. "Cameron Chalmers: Guernsey 400m runner misses out on World Under-20 final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  11. "CAMERON CHALMERS AMONG RECORD BREAKERS AT BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS". All-Athletics. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. "Double gold for the Chalmers brothers". Guernsey Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. "Guernsey athlete Chalmers earns first GB call-up". ITV News. ITV. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  14. "First GB senior chance for Cameron Chalmers as University of Bath athletes get Euro Team call". teambath.com. Team Bath. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  15. "Chalmers crowned British champion". Guernsey Press. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  16. "Guernsey athlete Chalmers wins gold at British Indoor Athletics Championships". ITV News. ITV. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  17. "Merit rankings 2019 – UK men". athleticsweekly.com. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  18. Law, James (29 June 2016). "Alistair Chalmers: Great Britain Euro Youth selection was 'no gimme', says Tom Druce". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. BBC News. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  19. "Athletics awards for Chalmers brothers, and dad!". gsy.bailiwickexpress.com. Bailiwick Express. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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