Alastair Chalmers (born 31 March 2000) is a British

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

who specialises in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. The Guernsey record-holder for the 400 metres hurdles, Chalmers currently competes for both

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

and

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

. In addition to multiple

Island Games The Island Games (currently known as the NatWest International Island Games for sponsorship reasons) are biennial international multi-sports events organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA). Competitor teams each represent d ...

medals, Chalmers is the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Champion. In 2022 Chalmers became British 400m Hurdles Champion for the third successive year. In June 2020, Chalmers rose to 4th on the British all time list and 24th on the worldwide all time list for 300 metres hurdles. He became British champion when winning the 400 metres hurdles event at the

2020 British Athletics Championships The 2020 British Athletics Championships (known for sponsorship reasons as the Müller British Athletics Championships) was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom. The championship took place on ...

in a time of 49.66 secs. Chalmers followed this up by winning again in 2021 and 2022. He improved his personal best to 48.88s in Oordegem, Belgium in May 2022, placing him 12th All-Time in Great Britain for senior 400m hurdles. In July 2022 he reached the semi-final of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The highlight of his season came on Saturday 6 August at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Chalmers won the Bronze Medal in the 400m Hurdles, the first ever track and field medal for Guernsey in the history of the Commonwealth Games.

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* * * * 2000 births Living people Guernsey male hurdlers British male hurdlers Commonwealth Games competitors for Guernsey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Guernsey Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games British Athletics Championships winners People educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey People from Saint Peter Port {{Guernsey-bio-stub