 Bosworth competing in the Men's 20km Race Walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Thomas Stewart Bosworth (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (age 35) Sevenoaks, England, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Race walking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1mile, 3km, 5km, 10km, 20km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Leeds Beckett Uni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tonbridge AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Andi Drake (Peter Selby) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 2017 1Mile walk world best and 2018 3km race walk world best (indoor and outdoor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personalbest | 1:19:38 for 20k | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Stewart BosworthMBE (born 17 January 1990) is a British two-timeOlympicrace walker who holds threeWorld bests, including the World Best for the1Mile race walk, 5:31.08.[1]
He also holds six British records, won 13British Championships gold medals, a silverCommonwealth Games medal[2] and is a World EuropeanOlympic Games finalist. Bosworth is currently ranked 1st overall in theUK for 20 km. He was also selected to carry theOlympic Torch throughPotternewton, Leeds.
Bosworth holds British records for walking 3 km, 5 km, 10 km and 20 km, with his Personal Best for 20 km at 1:19:38. He first set the 20 km British record inDudince,Slovakia in March 2016 to beat a 20 km race walk mark set byIan McCombie in 1988, clocking 80:41 and taking 81 seconds off McCombie's record.
He is also the British record holder for the 10 km race walk, set in 2015, along with the 5000m race walk, set inBirmingham at the 2018 British indoor team trials to qualify for theWorld Indoor Championships. Along with the World Record for the 1 mile race walk won atLondon Diamond League, 2017, Bosworth is World Record holder for the 3000m indoor race walk atIAAF Indoor Grand PrixGlasgow, 2018, and the 3000m outdoor race walk at the Muller Anniversary Games, London, 2018.
He has won six British Outdoor Championships in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018,[3][4] along with six British Indoor Championships, his first in 2015 followed by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Bosworth qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics[5] after coming second at the2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial.[6]
Bosworth was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2024 New Year Honours for services to race walking.[7]
Bosworth retired from competition in August 2022.
| Year | Competition | Event | Medal |
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| 2010 | National Race Walking Championships | 20 km (senior men's) | Gold |
| 2011 | British Championships Outdoor | 20 km | Gold |
| 2012 | Aviva England Athletics U23 Championships & World Trials | 10 km | Gold |
| 2014 | British Championships Outdoor | 20 km | Gold |
| 2015 | British Championships Outdoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2015 | British Championships Indoor | 3 km | Gold |
| 2016 | British Championships Outdoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2016 | British Championships Indoor | 3 km | Gold |
| 2017 | British Championships Outdoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2017 | British Championships Indoor | 3 km | Gold |
| 2018 | British Championships Outdoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2018 | British Championships Indoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games, Australia | 20 km | Silver |
| 2019 | British Championships Indoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2019 | European Cup, Lithuania | 20 km | Team Silver |
| 2020 | British Championships Indoor | 5 km | Gold |
| 2021 | British Championships Outdoor | 5 km | Gold |
| Year | Competition | Event | Time | Record |
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| 2017 | Muller Anniversary Games London | 1 mile race walk | 5:31.08 | World record |
| 2018 | IAAF Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow | 3 km | 10:30.28 | Indoor World Record |
| 2018 | Muller Anniversary Games London | 3 km | 10:43.84 | Outdoor World Record |
| 2020 | British Indoor Championships | 5 km | 18:20.9 | British Record |
| 2020 | England Athletics 10k Championships | 10 km | 39:10 | British Record |
| 2018 | CWG Gold Coast Australia | 20 km | 1:19:38 | British Record |
| Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 1 Mile race walk | 5:31.08 | London, United Kingdom | 9 July 2017 | World Best |
| 3000 metres race walk | 10:30.28 i | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25 February 2018 | Indoor World Best |
| 5000 metres race walk | 18:20.20 i | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 February 2020 | Indoor |
| 10 Kilometres race walk | 39:10.00 | Coventry, United Kingdom | 1 March 2020 | |
| 20 Kilometres race walk | 1:19:38 | Gold Coast, Australia | 8 April 2018 |
Bosworth has made several media appearances, including his appearance on Sky TV's show “Game Changers”,[8] commentating for theBBC at the2014 European Athletics Championships, and again forEurosport at the2015 World Athletics Championships.
ChampioningLGBT rights andmental health in sport alongside his athletic career, Bosworth has spoken openly about both.[9]
Bosworth came out as gay on the BBC'sVictoria Derbyshire show on 13 October 2015.[10] In the interview he explained that his family, friends and fellow sports athletes had known that he was gay for a number of years, and the coming out was to a wider audience to answer lingering questions from fans and to be himself. In the interview he told the BBC that he had been in "a really happy relationship" for the last four-and-a-half years.[11] He proposed to and was accepted by his now-fiancé, Harry Dineley onCopacabana Beach during the Rio Olympics.[12]
In 2018, he said that he was ready to risk prison to defend LGBT rights in Qatar during the2019 World Athletics Championships.[13][14]
In publications by the BBC,SkySports[9] and theTelegraph among many others, Bosworth speaks about his mental health and how he overcame a period of depression. Alongside media appearances, he now also regularly visits schools and universities, to talk about his experiences as a professional athlete, LGBT equality, the importance of mental health and how sport can be of great benefit.
He has also spoken to theCulture, Media and Sport parliamentary committee, met with the Chairman of theFA to discuss homophobia in football, written piece for theTimes Sport Newspaper on “drugs in sport”,[15] addressed National Governing Bodies on behalf ofSport England and spoken at Wembley forStonewall F.C.
