Rio Mitcham
Rio Mitcham is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He won two medals in the 4 x 400 metres relays at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and was a gold medalist in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Biography
Athletics career
He won a silver medal at the England Athletics u23 Championship in June 2021 in the 400 metres. In July 2022 at the British Championships Mitcham ran a personal best to qualify for the final and then secured a bronze medal in the final with an improved personal best time of 46.22.He was a member of the British relay team that ran in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, winning gold in Munich.
He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and competed in the mixed relay. He won a silver medal as the British team set a new national record time of 3:11.06.
He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. He ran in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Charlie Dobson, Toby Harries and Efe Okoro as the British quartet finished a close second to Belgium in their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.