Alex Haydock-Wilson (born 28 July 1999) is a British track and field athlete. In 2023, he became British 400 metres champion outdoors, and in 2025 repeated the feat indoors. He achieved two bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the mixed 4 x 400 m relay and the men's 4 x 400 m relay.[1]
Haydock-Wilson studied at the Windsor Boys School, before moving in to further education studying Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Loughborough.[2] In 2022, he was awarded a first-class degree and started his PhD in photovoltaic technology.[citation needed]
Haydock-Wilson was a member of the British 4 x 400-metre relay team that won bronze at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.[3] In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the 400m at the British indoor senior championships.[4]
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Haydock-Wilson qualified from the heats to reach the semi-finals of the men's 400 metres where he ran a new personal best time.[5] He also competed in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.[6]
At the 2022 European Championships he won bronze in the finals of the men's 400 metres, and gold in the finals of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[7]
In 2023, he became British champion over 400 metres. He was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[8]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] In May 2024, he was selected to run the 400 metres and 4x400m relay for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[10] Competing at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester he placed third overall on 30 June 2024.[11]
He was named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics[12] and was part of the mixed 4x400 team which won a bronze medal in a new national record of 3:08.01.[13][14] He also competed in the men's 4x400m relay at the Games, winning a second bronze medal.[15]
He won the 400 metres title at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.[16] He was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[17] He ran in the men’s 4x400m relay in which the British team placed fourth.[18] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[19]
On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[20]
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