1955: Gordon Pirie Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Jake is coming off a ches. After an arduous summer in which he famously won World 1500m gold and. says Wightman Sr. as he narrates his son's race. 1982: Daley Thompson , Like all the content from our January magazine and want to read it all? 3:34.48i 2 Staten Island 2021, Top 10 average 3:32.689 and his top 10 800m average is 1:45.068, 400m: 48.34 2016 Jake Wightman wins a brilliant 1500m gold at the World Athletics Championships - becoming the first British winner of the event since Steve Cram in 1983.====. You only get one shot in four years. 1000m: 3rd2:20.40 (14.21) Just steady, steady progress, a real commitment to what he does, believes in himself.". If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Athletics is easily the most successful sport in the history of SPOTY. Hes putting in a lot of hard work. Wightman produced a stunning run at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in July to become Britain's first 1,500 metres champion for nearly 40 years, with his father Geoff . In just his second workout of the winter training block Jake and crew does a brutal hill workout at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona. Wightman was clearly stronger than in Tokyo and though he ran fast in qualifying in Eugene (3:35.31 and 3:34.48) he did not attempt to win the heats and held back better than in Tokyo (where he ran 3:41.18 and had an impressive semi final win in 3:33.48). [10], At the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he placed 10th in the event in a time of 3:35.09. Jake Wightman said: "Dad can be a bit of a robot . See you on The Mall in95 days! He also won gold at the 2013 European Junior Championships and has won bronze in both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships, all in the 1500-meter event. 1995: Jonathan Edwards On that form, AW predicted a bronze medal in their World Championships preview but he did much better than that scoring his first win over Ingebrigtsen since his Norwegian rival was 15 years old! 1500m: 3:29.47 (2021) Career Highlights. 26 new marks enter the history books", "Four British athletes up for European Athletics awards - how to vote", "World Athletics Championship: How to watch Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman going for gold in 1,500m final", "Jake Wightman: World champion and his dad Geoff on 1500m Oregon victory", "Reekie and Wightman among winners of the 2020 British Athletics Writers Association Awards", "BAWA awards go to Muir, McColgan and Wightman", "4J Annual Awards: Jake and Sean land our 4J Athlete of Year titles after memorable year", "Muir and Miller land our Athlete of Year titles at 4J Annual Awards", "Simpsons, Wightman & Muir among top Scots awards", "Laura Muir and Jake Wightman named BMC athletes of 2022", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jake_Wightman&oldid=1132341420, Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain, Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics, Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland, European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists, European Athletics Championships medalists, Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using sports links with data from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 12:14. 1991: Liz McColgan So I cant be biased, I have to be impartial.. 2021 European Team Championships 800m 1st1:45.71 Jake Wightman . Im 28 now, he said. 600m: 5th1:24.29 (14.24) The 2022 awards are on Wednesday December 21 at 6.45pm on BBC One live from Salford and voting will open during the show. Mile: 3:50.30 2022 Jake Wightman: 2 September 2022 Memorial Van Damme: Brussels, Belgium 1000 m: 2:13.88 Jake Wightman: 10 August 2022 Herculis: Fontvieille, Monaco 1500 m: 3:29.05 Josh Kerr: 7 August 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan Mile: 3:50.30 Jake Wightman: 16 June 2022 Bislett Games: Oslo, Norway 3000 m: 7:35.18 Andrew Butchart: 13 July 2021 British Grand Prix 2023 Athletics Weekly. Parkrun He has run 24 parkruns. Jake Wightman stuns 1500m field to claim world title as dad commentates, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Jake Wightman stuns 1500m field to claim world title as dad commentates video. See you on The Mall in95 days! "I wasn't amazing when I was 13, 14, 15 and I would probably have got swallowed up if I was in England, whereas coming from Scotland I was able to have enough success to keep me hungry," he told BBC Scotland. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships, the first global gold in a middle distance event for a British male since Seb Coe's 1500m title at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Since setting that benchmark, he travelled to the Tokyo Olympics last year, where he came 10th in the 1,500m. Jake Wightman has insisted that racing the 800m event at the European Championships has "given him a new lease of life". At the age of 24, Jake is just getting started. Jake Wightman flies the flag for track and field athletics at the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year but the middle-distance runner will have to unleash the finishing kick of his life if he is to over-turn the hot favourite, footballer Beth Mead. Jake Wightman plans to target a historic treble of medals after his stunning 1500m world championship gold by going for the Commonwealth 1500m title and the European 800m crown over the next five . England and Arsenal striker Mead is odds-on to lift the prize after a year which saw her win the Golden Boot and player of the tournament awards at Euro 2022 as the Lionesses made history at Wembley. At university, he lived in the ultimate athletics house, Wightman shared a house in his third year of university, on placement at St Marys University in Twickenham, with a selection of some of the best British athletes. JAKE WIGHTMAN: WHO, WHY AND WHATS AT ALTITUDE. All Rights Reserved. But this is something that Ive had to work hard for. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. 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All Rights Reserved. "What I loved about it was the move with 200m to go - it was brave," he said. As the runner won the race in three minutes and 29.23 seconds narrowly beating Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Spains Mohamed Katir his father, in-stadium commentator Geoff Wightman, was on the mic and narrating his sons victory in real time as he passed Ingebrigtsen with 200m to go. 2013 European Junior 1500m 1st3:44.14 Published 400m: 4th55.75 (14.03) "He wasn't smashing records when he was a junior, age-group records or anything. 700m: 4th1:38.06 (13.77) In his BBC Sport column, George Groves says Chris Eubank Jr handpicked Liam Smith and must win, and win well, to justify his big star billing. So its just another name, but I just didnt want to mess it up for him by doing anything wobbly., Wightman Jr, meanwhile, said he did not hear his fathers words as he powered down the final straight. Eyebrows have been raised at the omission of Eilish McColgan after her stellar year, which included Commonwealth 10,000m gold in Birmingham, but competition to get on to the six-strong short list has been fierce. [7], In June 2018, he set the Scottish record for the 1000 metres with a time of 2:16.27 at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, breaking the previous record which had stood since 1984. We had some good 200m semi-finals, you just get into a certain groove. Posted by Jason Henderson | Dec 20, 2022 | 0. Posted by Steve Smythe | Jul 22, 2022 | 0. If you find value in watching our videos, we would love for you to join us in the Members area.-- -- -- Get faster with Sweat Elite. 2018 Commonwealth Games 800m 4th1:45.82 7:11 AM EDT, Wed July 20, 2022. 2016 European Championships 1500m 7th3:47.68 2022 World Championships 1500m 1st3:29.23, 1 Luke Matthews AUS 3:37.99; 2 Snorre Holtan Loken NOR 3:38.63; 3 Jake Wightman GBR 3:38.83; 9 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR (15) 3:42.44. Athlete wins World Athletics Championships gold", "Jake Wightman smashes 34-year-old Scottish record", "Jake Wightman: From a running family with dreams of hitting the top", "5 things you should know about British athlete Jake Wightman", "GB's Wightman takes stunning world 1500m gold", "Wightman joins Scottish greats with stunning World 1500m title", "European Championships: Jake Wightman takes silver in men's 800m", "Britain's Jake Wightman sets personal best in Diamond League 800m victory", "Laura Muir and Jake Wightman win 5th Avenue Mile in New York", "Record-breakers! So weve just taken it to a slightly bigger stadia, slightly bigger crowds and slightly bigger medals. Wightman was born in Nottingham, England. He made the European 1500m final in 2016 but ended up half a second down on the medals who included the two Ingebrigtsen brothers Filip (3:46.65) and Henrik (3:47.18) who were first and third. The PB of runner-up Turkeys Suleyman Bekmezci is still only 3:41.47 set in 2016 but his only known race in 2022 is a 67:56 half-marathon. Jake Wightman's income source is mostly from being a successful . Jake is a well-known Middle-class runner who is competing primarily in the 1500 meter. . Pending. Weve had some like size14 boots to fill for a long time now, he told the BBC. 1200m: 3rd2:48.47 (14.08) "It's gonna be so close!" READ MORE: Bolt to receive lifetime achievement award. The 28-year-old Wightman's win makes him the first British runner to win the 1,500m in 39 years, when Steve Cram took gold in 1983. When Geoff Wightman started commentating on his 10-year-old son's school sports days, he might not have imagined where the journey would lead them both. You can vote by phone or online on the night for the main award, with full details announced during the show. 2019 World Championships 1500m 3:31.87 "I hope he broke that down today. 3:33.21+ 3 Oslo 2022 Becoming world champion with dad commentating, Muir medal relief after 'most serious injury'. But the sport has only had one winner in the past 16 years Farah in 2017 and didnt even have a contender in the short list in 2021. [5][13], In September, he broke for the first time the 1:44-barrier in the 800m and Tom McKeans 33-year-old Scottish record of 1:43.88, taking his fifth overall Diamond League victory with a time of 1:43.65 in Brussels. 3:31.87 5 Doha 2019 He said it taught him some valuable lessons though, in particular about how and why he should improve many aspects of his training, such as recovery, eating well, and getting up and doing a run early rather than lying in. But Im so proud.. His housemates included Beth Potter, Charlie Grice, Ross Murray, Adelle Tracey, Andy Vernon and Richard Goodman.
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