Alex Wright (race walker)

For other people with the same name, see Alexander Wright (disambiguation).

Alex Wright (born 19 December 1990) is an London born, Irish race walker. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Alex Wright

Personal information
Nationality	British/Irish
Born	(1990-12-19) 19 December 1990 (age 34) London, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	racewalking
Event(s)	10 km walk 20 km walk 50 km walk
Club	Leevale Athletics Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	10km: 40:04.29 20 km: 1:20:50 50km: 3:48:31

Biography

Wright, born in London, attended Brymore Academy where he began his racewalking career.^{[citation needed]}

He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where he placed 13th at the 20 kilometres walk.^[2]

He finished 31st at the 2013 World Championships.^[3]

Wright was three-times British 5000 metres walk metres champion after winning the British Athletics Championships in 2010, 2012 and 2013.^[4][5]

See also

• List of eligibility transfers in athletics