Joshua Azzopardi

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Joshua Azzopardi
Personal information
Born (1999-11-27) 27 November 1999 (age 26)
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 6.52 (2025)
100m: 10.06 (2025)
200m: 20.82 (2022)
4 x 100m: 38.12 (2024) AR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Oceania Championships
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Joshua Azzopardi (born 27 November 1999) is an Australian sprinter. In 2024, he became Oceania champion in the 100 metres.[2]

Early life

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From Sydney, he started athletics when he was six years-old. He also played Australian Rules Football as a youngster and played rugby league for Camden Rams. He was offered a Rugby Sevens contract by Rugby Australia in 2019, but declined in order to focus on athletics. He received a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship.[3]

Career

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Azzopardi ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, where they qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[4]

In June 2024, he won gold in the 100 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, ahead of Australian champion Sebastian Sultana.[5][6] He competed in the 100 metres[7][8] and in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics,[9][10] being part of the team which set a new Australian and Oceania Area record of 38.12 s in the heats.

Azzopardi surpassed the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres qualifying mark with 6.52 s at the ACT Open Athletics Championships on 25 January 2025.[11] He was runner-up to Lachlan Kennedy over 60 metres at the Australian short track national championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.[12] He ran a personal best 10.09 seconds for the 100 metres at the Perth Classic on 1 March 2025.[13] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[14]

In March 2025, he helped break the Australian 4x100m relay national record, running 37.87 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic alongside Lachlan Kennedy, Calab Law, and Christopher Ius.[15] He competed for Australia at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, helping the Australian men's 4x100m team qualify for the 2025 World Championships.[16] In September 2025, he competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[17][18] He also ran in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.[19]

References

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