Jason Joseph (born 11 October 1998) is a

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athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He won a gold medal in the

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at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. He has been the national champion in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

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 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Early life

Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in

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, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. 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.

Career

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

(+0.7 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2021) and 7.56 seconds in the

(St.Gallen 2019). March 2023 he won the

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in 7.41 for a new PB.european-athletics.com 5 Mar 202

Retrieved 6 Mar 2023

Achievements

International competitions

National titles

* Swiss Athletics Championships (5) **

: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 * Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (5) **

: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Jason 1998 births Living people Swiss male hurdlers 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 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