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Callum Robert Hawkins (born 22 June 1992) is a Scottish distance runner, who competed in the marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the Scottish record holder in the marathon and the British all-time number six at that distance. Hawkins is also the all-time Great Britain number two (and European all-time number six) in the half marathon. He is the Great Scottish Run course record holder and was the first British man to win that event in 23 years.
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.
In October 2015 he finished the Great Scottish Run in a time of one hour two minutes and 42 seconds, setting a personal best to in second place overall behind Uganda's Moses Kipsiro and winning the gold medal for Scottish athletes. Later that month he competed in his first marathon in Frankfurt, finishing twelfth in two hours 12 minutes and 17 seconds, in a race won by Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma.
At the 2016 London Marathon, his second event over the distance, Hawkins finished eighth overall, and was the first British-qualified athlete to finish, in a time of two hours 10 minutes and 52 seconds. This time was inside the qualifying time of two hours 14 minutes needed to earn him a place in the Great Britain team for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was joined in the men's marathon by fellow British athletes, Tsegai Tewelde and his brother Derek Hawkins.
Hawkins finished ninth in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics in a time of 2:11:52.
In October 2016 he again ran the Great Scottish Run and this time was the overall winner of the event in 1:00:24. This would have been a new Scottish half-marathon record, but the race was found to be 150 m short, which invalidated the result.
In January 2017 he became the first British athlete to beat Mo Farah in any race for 7 years at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country race, which has been held annually since 2005. In fact Callum was 2nd in this race overall (with Farah in 7th) - Callum had put in a strong performance to lead for most of the race, but was out-sprinted by Leonard Korir in the final straight.
In February 2017 Hawkins won the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon in Japan, in 60:00, setting a new Scottish half-marathon record. The previous record was set by Allister Hutton in 1987.
In August 2017 Hawkins finished 4th in the men's marathon at the 2017 World Championships, equalling the best ever performance by a British runner in this event.
Hawkins competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, and collapsed near the finish while leading, from heat exhaustion in 30 degree heat.
Hawkins came fourth in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, the same placing as in 2017. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
International competitions
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 1st 3000 m 8:23.62 European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 19th Junior race 19:17 1st Junior team 24 pts 2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 47th Junior race 24:21 9th Junior team 198 pts 2013 European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th Under-23 race 24:18 1st Under-23 team 40 pts 2014 European 10,000m Cup Skopje, Macedonia — 10,000 m DNF Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 20th 10,000 m 29:12.52 European Cross Country Championships Samokov, Bulgaria 5th Under-23 race 25:49 2nd Under-23 team 31 pts 2016 World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff, United Kingdom 15th Individual 1:02:51 4th Team 3:07:00 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th Half marathon (individual) 1:03:57 9th Half marathon (team) 3:18:26 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9th Marathon 2:11:52 European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 3rd Senior race 27:49 1st Senior team 28 pts 2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2:10:17 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia — Marathon DNF 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th Marathon 2:10:57 2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan – Marathon DNF
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Categories: 1992 Births, Living People, Scottish Men Marathon Runners, British Men Marathon Runners, Olympic Athletes For Great Britain, Athletes At The 2020 Summer Olympics, Commonwealth Games Athletes For Scotland, Athletes At The 2014 Commonwealth Games, Athletes At The 2018 Commonwealth Games, Athletes At The 2016 Summer Olympics, Alumni Of The University Of The West Of Scotland, Sportspeople From Renfrewshire, Butler University Alumni, 21st-century Scottish Sportsmen
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