Bekah Walton (born 20 September 1999) is a British track and field athlete. She is a multiple-time national champion in the javelin.[1]
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| Birth name | Rebekah Walton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 59.76m (Chorzow, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editFrom Etwall in Derbyshire, she attended John Port Spencer Academy, and Repton School. Walton initially only started athletics at Burton Athletics Club in order to help her netball skills. She is a student of Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University.[2][3]
Career
editA Blackheath & Bromley athlete, she joined the England Athletics pathway at sixteen years-old and is coached by David Turner.[4]
Walton threw a new personal distance of 54.03m to win the British Championship for the first time, in June 2021.[5][6] She was subsequently selected for the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, taking place in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 2021.[7] At the event, she set a new personal best distance of 54.27m and ended up finishing in fifth place overall.[8][9]
In 2022, she retained her British national title and represented Britain at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[10]
She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Poland in June 2023.[11] At the event she recorded two-metre personal best distance of 59.76m and finished in the bronze medal position.[12]
In July 2023, Walton clinched a third-consecutive national title at the British Championships held in Manchester.[13]
She won the Loughborough International with a throw of 59.26 metres in May 2024.[14] In June 2024, she retained her British national title in Manchester.[15] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Bekah Walton". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Athletics ace Walton goes from netball hopeful to javelin champion". Stoutbridgenews. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Crawford, Colston (26 July 2019). "Athletics: Derbyshire trio picked for GB in European Team Championships". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Ask the athlete: Bekah Walton". England Athletics. 27 January 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (June 27, 2021). "McKinna, Lake, Sawyers and Irozuru seal Olympic field selection". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Final day of British Championships completes guaranteed Olympic selections". England Athletics. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Loughborough Students selected for U23 European Championships". lboro.ac.uk. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "BRITISH QUARTET SECURE MEDALS ON FINAL DAY OF THE EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (July 9, 2021). "Gold for sprinter Jeremiah Azu in Tallinn". Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "English athletes target Euro Champs". England Athletics. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships: Captain Bianca Williams stars as Great Britain finish fifth". 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's Javelin". UK Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "KJT shows fine early season form at Loughborough". Athletics Weekly. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (June 29, 2024). "Molly Caudery soars to 4.83m win at UK Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.