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Australian cross-country skier (born 1989) For the Australian pianist, see Callum Watson (musician).

Callum Watson
Personal information
Watson in 2012
Born	(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 35) Sydney, Australia
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Website	www.callumwxc.com
Sport
Sport	Cross-country skiing
Club	Cooma Ski Club
Updated on 11 February 2014

Callum Watson (born 6 October 1989) is an Australian cross-country skier. He represented Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He also competed in the 2015 world championships in Falun, Sweden.

In 2014, Watson recorded a VO₂ max of 89.6ml/kg/min at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). This broke the record for AIS athletes previously held by Cadel Evans.

His older sister Aimee Watson also represented Australia in cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Australia
2014	Olympic Games	Sochi, Russia	75th	15 kilometre classical	45:46.5
			60th	30 kilometre skiathlon	1:17:00.4
			85th	Sprint	5:29.62
			12th	Team sprint	25:54.31
2015	World Championships	Falun, Sweden	72nd	15 kilometre freestyle	40:40.3
2015	World Championships	Falun, Sweden	DNF	50 kilometre classical

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v t e 2018 Australia Winter Olympics team
Alpine skiing	Dominic Demschar Harry Laidlaw Greta Small
Bobsleigh	Lucas Mata David Mari Lachlan Reidy Hayden Smith
Cross-country skiing	Phillip Bellingham Barbara Jezeršek Aimee Watson Callum Watson Casey Wright Jessica Yeaton
Figure skating	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya Kailani Craine Brendan Kerry Harley Windsor
Freestyle skiing	Jakara Anthony Rohan Chapman-Davies Britteny Cox Matt Graham Anton Grimus Claudia Gueli Russ Henshaw Madii Himbury Sami Kennedy-Sim Lydia Lassila James Matheson David Morris Laura Peel Danielle Scott Brodie Summers Samantha Wells
Luge	Alexander Ferlazzo
Short track speed skating	Andy Jung Deanna Lockett
Skeleton	John Farrow Jaclyn Narracott
Snowboarding	Emily Arthur Cameron Bolton Belle Brockhoff Kent Callister † Tess Coady Holly Crawford Jarryd Hughes Scotty James Nathan Johnstone Adam Lambert Alex Pullin Jessica Rich
Speed skating	Daniel Greig
Chef de mission: Ian Chesterman Medalist is shown in bold and flagbearer in italics † selected the team but didn't compete due to injury in training prior to the competition.

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