Jason Joseph
| File:Jason Joseph Istanbul 2023.png Joseph at the 2023 European Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles |
| Club | LC Therwil[1] |
| Coached by | Claudine Müller |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 60 m hurdles: 7.41 (Istanbul 2023) NR 110 m hurdles: 13.08 (Zürich 2023) NR |
Medal record | |
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Jason Joseph (born 11 October 1998) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He won a gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.[2] He has been the national champion in the 110 metres hurdles ever since 2019, earning the title consecutively five times in a row, and holds national records in both events. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2020 Olympics.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in Basel, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. His father is Saint Lucian and his mother his Swiss.[3] Initially, he showed interest in sports such as football, breakdancing, and martial arts, as opposed to athletics. He began athletics at age 11 and it started to grow on him slowly, over the years, as time passed.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Earlier he won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Prior to 2023: His personal bests are 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.7 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2021) and 7.56 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (St.Gallen 2019).
March 2023 he won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 7.41 for a new PB.[5]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]International competitions
[edit | edit source]1Did not finish in the final
National titles
[edit | edit source]- Swiss Athletics Championships (5)
- 110 metres hurdles: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (5)
- 60 metres hurdles: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Swiss men hurdlers
- Swiss people of Saint Lucian descent
- Sportspeople from Basel-Landschaft
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Switzerland
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Medalists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Switzerland
- European Games medalists in athletics
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Diamond League winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland