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Cam Corbishley
British race walker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cameron Corbishley (born 31 March 1997) is a British race walker. He specialises in the 20 km and 50 km walks.
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In 2016, he competed in the men's 10,000 metres walk at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland,[1] where he finished in 24th place.[1] the followign year he competed in the 20 km walk at the European Race Walking Cup in Poděbrady, Czech Republic. Finishing 36th, with a time of 1:27:26, this resulted in the British Athletics team finishing fourth in the team competition, their highest ever placing.[2]
Representing England in January 2018, he took fifth place in the men’s 5000m walk at the Bratislava Elan meeting with a time of 20:16.44,[3] and in March, he competed in the Lugano Trophy 15th Memorial Mario Albisetti 20 km held in Lugano, but was disqualified before the end of the race.[4] In April at the European Athletics Race Walking permit meeting in Poděbrady, he finished 33rd with a time of 1:32:47[5] and in August, claimed the gold medal for the 3000m walk at the Manchester International Match, setting a season Best time of 11:48.07.[6]
In January 2019, Corbishley took the England Indoor title over 3000 metres in Sheffield[7] and achieved a new personal best of 19:49.53 over 5000 metres in the Bratislava Elan meeting.[7] In March, Corbishley debuted in the 50 kilometres walk in Dudince, Slovakia, setting a new British U23 record of 3:53:20,[8] the second fastest time ever by a Briton.[9] In May, he set a new pb over 20 km of 1:25:45 in the European Race Walking Cup in Alytus, Lithuania. His performance, alongside Tom Bosworth and Callum Wilkinson, earned the British team a silver medal.[10] In July, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Gävle, Sweden.[11] He finished in 12th place.[11] and in August, returned to Manchester to defend his title for the 3000m walk in the international meet, taking first place again in a time of 11:44.98,[12] a new Championship Best Performance for the Manchester International Match.
He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar[13] but was disqualified after a fourth red card.[13]
Corbishley podiumed three times at the British Athletics Championships in 2019, 2021 and 2023[14][15] before winning the 5000 metres walk title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.
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Corbishley studied a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at Leeds Trinity University, graduating in 2018.[17]
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