Teddy Wilson (sprinter)
British athlete
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Teddy Wilson (born 29 November 2006) is a British sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m 6.66 (London, 2025) 100m 10.24 (Birmingham, 2025) 200m 20.70 (London, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
From North London, he attended Bishop Stopford's School in Enfield.[2] He has said he was inspired to take up sprinting after watching the London 2012 Olympic Games.[3]
Career
In August 2021, Wilson broke the British U15 100m record, running 10.78 seconds at the England Athletics U15 & U17 Championships, in Manchester.[4] He competed in the 100 metres at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in 2022.[5]
He equalled the European Under-18 100m record with a personal best of 10.26 seconds at the Mannheim International in June 2023. That run also broke the Mark Lewis-Francis long-standing UK under-17 record.[6][7] In August 2023, he won gold in the 100m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in a time of 10.37 seconds in Port of Spain ahead of compatriot Ebuka Nwokeji, having been named as team captain for the English team.[8][9][10] He was also a medalist in the mixed 4 x 100 m relay alongside Noah Hanson, Thea Brown and Mabel Akande.[11]
He finished fifth in the final of the 100 metres at the senior British Athletics Championships in June 2024.[12] He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[13] He qualified for the final of the 100 metres, where he placed seventh.[14][15][16] Later in the Championships, he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, running the British team's anchor leg.[17][18]
In October 2024, he was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British male junior.[19] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[20]
In July 2025, he won the title over 100 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham with a time of 10.24 seconds (+1.4) personal best.[21] The following day, he also won the U20 title over 200 metres in 20.83 seconds, finishing ahead of Nwokeji and Jake Odey-Jordan.[22] He was named in the British team for the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, winning his heat in 10.54 seconds into a 1.7 m/s headwind, before sharing the silver medal in the final with Dutchman Jozuah Revierre, with both men unable to separated in 10.47 seconds (-0.7), behind Ander Garaiar.[23][24][25] In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[26]
Wilson was named in the British squad for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, but had to withdraw due to injury.[27][28]