Charlie Carvell
British athlete (born 2004)
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Charlie Carvell (born 30 June 2004) is a British sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2004 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.48 (Kladno, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
From Shropshire, he attended Bridgnorth Endowed School and Thomas Telford School.[2][3]
Career
Carvell was a gold medallist at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 4 × 400 m relay.[4]
Carvell ran a personal best of 46.17 seconds win the 400m at the England Athletics Under-20 Championships at Chelmsford in June 2023.[5] He was a silver medallist in the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in a time of 46.08 seconds, having run a personal best of 45.92 seconds in the heats.[6][7][8] At that event he was also a gold medallist in the 4 × 400 m relay.[9] He was named the Athletics Weekly Under-20 British Male Athlete of the Year for 2023.[10]
On 22 May 2024, he won the 400 metres at a meeting in Kladno with a personal best time of 45.48 seconds.[11] In May 2024, he was also selected to represent Britain in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[12] He was part of the men's 4 × 400 m relay team which won their heat to qualify for the final, in which they finished seventh.[13] In July, Carvell was named in the Great Britain 4x400 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics[14] but withdrew due to a hamstring injury.[15] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[16] In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[17]