Charlie Dobson
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Born | (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 24)[1] Colchester, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Loughborough University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 200m, 400m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Colchester Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regional finals | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charlie Dobson (born 20 October 1999) is a British sprinter, who won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. He was also part of the British team that won the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Personal life
Dobson is from Colchester, Essex, England.[2] He studied at St Benedict's Catholic College and Colchester Sixth Form College.[3] As of 2022, he is a student of aeronautical engineering at Loughborough University.[2][4]
Career
Dobson competes for Colchester Harriers Athletics Club.[2] He won his first international competition, which was the Loughborough International meeting.[5] He came second in the 200 metres event at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships,[2][5] finishing behind teammate Jona Efoloko.[5] Dobson had set personal best times in the heat and semi-finals of the competition.[6]
In 2020, Dobson set the British Universities & Colleges Sport record for the 60 metres event.[3] In 2021, Dobson ran the 400 metres event once. His finishing time was the joint fastest by a Briton that year, tied with Matthew Hudson-Smith.[4] He was selected in the British team for the 2021 World Athletics Relays,[7] but injured himself prior to the event. The injury also prevented him from attempting to qualify for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics;[4] he had been hoping to make the British 4 x 400 metres team at the Games.[2] He spent 10 months out with injury before returning in February 2022 at the Loughborough Indoor Open.[8]
In April 2022, Dobson ran a 200 metres event in 20.19, the 11th fastest time by a Briton in history.[4] Later in the year, he ran a wind-assisted 19.99 seconds to beat Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.[4] He was part of the British team that won the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, alongside Matthew Hudson-Smith, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Lewis Davey. It was his first major relay.[9] Dobson also finished fourth in the individual 200 metres event.[9][8]
Dobson set a new personal best of 44.38s to win a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, on 10 June 2024.[10]
References
- ^ "British Athletics". Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Stellar summer the target for sprinter Charlie Dobson after return from injury". Border Telegraph. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "CHARLIE DOBSON: "TO COMPETE FOR ENGLAND AT A HOME GAMES WOULD BE SPECIAL"". SportsAid. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Charlie Dobson: The 200m prospect who Iwan Thomas tips to break British 400m record". BBC Sport. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Charlie Dobson is a sprinter on the rise". Athletics Weekly. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Jona Efoloko and Charlie Dobson take 200m 1-2 in Tampere". Athletics Weekly. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "World Athletics Relays: who, what and when?". Athletics Weekly. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Colchester sprinter Charlie Dobson wins gold at European Championships". Essex County Standard. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ a b "British men bounce back with 4x400m gold as Bol completes hat-trick". Athletics Weekly. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Dobson claims 400m silver as Caudery wins pole vault bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
External links
- Charlie Dobson at British Athletics
- Charlie Dobson at European Athletics
- Charlie Dobson at World Athletics
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Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner)
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Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig)
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Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh)
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Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson)
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Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines)
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France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil)
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Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
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Belgium (Gillet, J. Borlée, Bouckaert, K. Borlée)
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Great Britain (Rooney, Bingham, Williams, Hudson-Smith)
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Belgium (Watrin, J. Borlée, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)
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Belgium (D. Borlée, J. Borlée, J. Sacoor, K. Borlée)
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Great Britain (Hudson-Smith, Dobson, Davey, Haydock-Wilson)
- 2024:
Belgium (Sacoor, Vanderbemden, D. Borlée, Doom)