Richard Kilty ( born September 2, 1989 , Stockton-on-Tees , England ) is a British sprinter athlete, world champion in indoor 60 meters in 2014, European champion in 2014 in 4 × 100 m relay , two-time European champion indoors at a distance of 60 meters. One of the fastest white sprinters in history.
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| Date and place of birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 184 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 m | 10.01 (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 20.34 (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal records in the room | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 m | 6.49 (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He is currently training with Rana Raider, and before that, his trainer was Linford Christie .
In 2014, at the UK championship at a distance of 60 meters he took 3rd place. At the World Championships in Sopot, he won a gold medal with a personal record of 6.49. In the summer season he became the champion of Europe in the relay 4 × 100 meters.
With a confident margin of 0.07 seconds, he won the 60-meter run at the 2015 European Indoor Championships (6.51). At the summer world championships in Beijing, he was able to reach the semifinals in the 100m race (20th place). In the relay race 4 × 100 meters he ran in the finals in the first stage (the British could not pass the wand and left the race after the third leg).
At the 2016 European Championships he was disqualified in the final for a false start. He participated in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro : in the relay race, together with the British team, he took fifth place in the final (and the best among European teams).
In 2017, he defended the title of European champion in a room at a distance of 60 meters, showing a time of 6.54.
Links
- Richard Kilty - profile on the IAAF website