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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.68 (Birmingham, 2025) Indoor 800m: 1:47.66 (Glasgow, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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David Race (born 19 April 2004) is a British middle-distance runner.[1]
Career
[edit]A member of Gateshead Harriers, Race is coached by John Stephenson.[2] Race was a gold medalist in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel alongside Jake Minshull, Sam Lunt and Charlie Carvell.[3][4]
Race placed fourth over 800 metres at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2024, in Birmingham.[5]
Race placed second over 800 metres to Ben Gardner at both the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Indoor Championships in Sheffield in February 2025,[6] and the 2025 BUCS outdoor championships in Manchester in May.[7] He represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, and the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.[8]
Race ran an indoors personal best over 800 metres with 1:47.66 on 31 January 2026, in Glasgow.[9] Race was a finalist over 800 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 14 February 2026, placing fourth overall.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "David Race". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
- ^ https://www.englandathletics.org/news/queens-honours-for-english-coach/
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "CAPTAIN CARVELL & BRILLIANT BENJAMIN LEAD WAY AS EUROPEAN ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPS BEGIN". British Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Men's 800 m - Final" (PDF). ukaic2024 Micro Plus Timing Services. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
- ^ "BUCS Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
- ^ "BUCS Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Native Indoor Mile Records and Scottish event wins at another exciting EAP Glasgow". Scottish Athletics. 31 Jan 2026. Retrieved 1 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.