Callum Davies (runner) explained

Callum Davies
Sport:Sport of athletics
Event:1500 metres
Mile run
Pb:1500m


Mile

Hometown:Queensland, Australia
Updated:6 April 2024

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.

Career

Davies first represented Australia at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. He qualified for the finals of the 1500 m and finished 11th.

Davies achieved his first senior national podium finish at the 2022 Australian Athletics Championships 1500 m, behind Olli Hoare and Matt Ramsden.[1]

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.[2]

Personal life

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.[3]

Statistics

Personal best progression

1500m progression
Mark class=unsortable !Competition Venue Date class=unsortable
1 3:53.32 5th National Championships, Olympic Park Athletics Centre
2 3:52.79 Australian University Games at Griffith University
3 3:50.30 4th 1500m Classic at UQ
4 3:47.89 Victorian Milers Club at Albert Park. Twilight Meet
5 3:47.61 Queensland Student Games & Allcomers
6 3:46.32 4th
7 3:46.10 Queensland Track Classic, QSAC - State Athletics Facility
8 3:46.00 5th
9 3:45.13 1500m Classic at UQ
10 3:43.51 Zatopek:10
11 3:40.91 Zatopek 10
12 3:40.05
13 3:38.89 5th Box Hill Classic
14 3:37.86 Copenhagen Athletics Games
15 3:37.78 5th Meeting Internazionale Sport e Solidarieta
16 3:37.36 10th Meeting Internazionale Le Sport Solidarietà
17 3:37.00 4th Chemist Warehouse Adelaide Invitational
18 3:35.14 5th NSW Milers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-05-06 . RT PODCAST EPISODE 16: BREAKTHTHROUGH YEAR CALLUM DAVIES . 2024-04-07 . Runner's Tribe . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Aussie champ achieves amazing 67-year first . 2024-04-07 . wwos.nine.com.au . en.
  3. Web site: 2021 UQ Alumni Awards . 2024-04-07 . stories.uq.edu.au . en.