Callum_Davies_(runner)
Callum Davies (runner)
Australian middle-distance runner (born 1999)
Callum Davies (born 18 July 1999) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships.
Davies at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 18 July 1999 (24 years, 310 days old)[1] |
| Home town | Queensland, Australia[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sport of athletics |
| Event(s) | 1500 metres Mile run |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals |
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:35.14 (2024) Mile: 3:55.48 (2023) |
| Updated on 6 April 2024 | |
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Davies first represented Australia at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He qualified for the finals of the 1500 m and finished 11th.[1]
Davies achieved his first senior national podium finish at the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships 1500 m, behind Olli Hoare and Matt Ramsden.[2]
In 2023, Davies won gold medals in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the Australian Championships. He became the first Australian person to win both events (including their imperial equivalents) since John Landy in 1956.[3]
Davies is from Queensland, where he studies exercise and sport science at the University of Queensland. He is related to Hector Hogan, the last Australian to win a medal in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics.[4]
Personal best progression
| # | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:53.32 | 5th | National Championships, Olympic Park Athletics Centre | Sydney, Australia | 26 Mar 2017 | [5] |
| 2 | 3:52.79 |  | Australian University Games at Griffith University | Gold Coast, Australia | 26 Sep 2017 | [6] |
| 3 | 3:50.30 | 4th | 1500m Classic at UQ | Brisbane, Australia | 1 Nov 2017 | [7] |
| 4 | 3:47.89 | | Victorian Milers Club at Albert Park. Twilight Meet | Melbourne, Australia | 17 Jan 2018 | [8] |
| 5 | 3:47.61 |  | Queensland Student Games & Allcomers | Townsville, Australia | 9 Jun 2018 | [9] |
| 6 | 3:46.32 | 4th (Heat 3-19) | IAAF World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 9 Jul 2018 | [10] |
| 7 | 3:46.10 |  | Queensland Track Classic, QSAC - State Athletics Facility | Brisbane, Australia | 22 Mar 2019 | [11] |
| 8 | 3:46.00 | 5th (Heat 2) | Australian Athletics Championships | Sydney, Australia | 4 Apr 2019 | [12] |
| 9 | 3:45.13 | | 1500m Classic at UQ | Brisbane, Australia | 30 Oct 2019 | [13] |
| 10 | 3:43.51 | | Zatopek:10 | Melbourne, Australia | 13 Dec 2019 | [14] |
| 11 | 3:40.91 | | Zatopek 10 | Melbourne, Australia | 25 Jan 2021 | [15] |
| 12 | 3:40.05 | | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne, Australia | 24 Mar 2021 | [16] |
| 13 | 3:38.89 | 5th | Box Hill Classic | Melbourne, Australia | 31 Mar 2021 | [17] |
| 14 | 3:37.86 | | Copenhagen Athletics Games | København, Denmark | 15 Jun 2022 | [18] |
| 15 | 3:37.78 | 5th | Meeting Internazionale Sport e Solidarieta | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | 29 Jul 2022 | [19] |
| 16 | 3:37.36 | 10th | Meeting Internazionale Le Sport Solidarietà | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | 13 Jul 2023 | [20] |
| 17 | 3:37.00 | 4th | Chemist Warehouse Adelaide Invitational | Adelaide, Australia | 9 Feb 2024 | [21] |
| 18 | 3:35.14 | 5th | NSW Milers | Sydney, Australia | 21 Feb 2024 | [22] |
- Callum Davies at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- "RT PODCAST EPISODE 16: BREAKTHTHROUGH YEAR | CALLUM DAVIES". Runner's Tribe. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "Aussie champ achieves amazing 67-year first". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "2021 UQ Alumni Awards". stories.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 7 April 2024.