Jake Minshull
British athlete (born 2004)
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Jake Minshull (born 11 October 2004) is a British hurdler and sprinter. In 2026 he became the British under-23 record holder in the 400 metres hurdles and won the silver medal representing England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.[1]
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 46.32 (London, 2025) 400m hurdles: 48.53 (Karlstad, 2026) NU23R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Minshull is a member of Godiva Harriers in Coventry and attends the University of Birmingham. He initially competed competed in multi-events and middle-distance before focusing on the 400 metres hurdles.[2][3] Minshull also played rugby union for Old Coventrians RFC and was in the rugby academy of Wasps RFC.[4]
In December 2021, Minshull won a silver medal competing for England at the SIAB Indoor Pentathlon Championships in Glasgow, with 3866 points.[5] In February 2022, he lowered his personal best in the 800 metres indoors to 1:54.52 before winning gold in the under-20 category at the England Athletics Age Group Indoor Championships in Sheffield with an indoor personal best time of 1:52.89.[6]
In July 2022, he won at the English Schools Championships in the Senior Boys' 400 metres hurdles in 51.73 seconds, to set a new personal best and club record time.[7] Minshull was a gold medalist in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel alongside David Race, Sam Lunt and Charlie Carvell.[8][9]
In May 2025, he won the 400 metres hurdles at the Loughborough International competing for England, running a time of 49.86 seconds.[10][11] Later that month, he lowered his personal best to 48.88 seconds for the 400m hurdles whilst competing in Brussels.[12] He was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, winning his heat in 50.03 seconds, before placing fifth in the final in 49.18 seconds.[13][14][15] On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, beating Seamus Derbyshire on the line of his semi-final.[16] The following day in the final he was well-placed on the back straight but fell at the final hurdle.[17] In October 2025, he was named on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[18]
On 31 January 2026, Minshull claimed a notable indoors victory, including over 2024 European and World Indoor champion Alexander Doom, running 46.51 for the 400 metres in Glasgow, more than a second faster than his previous indoor personal best.[19][20]
Minshull was named in the British squad for the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[21] On the opening day of the competition he was part of the British mixed 4 x 400 m team which qualified for the final with the fastest time of 3:09.69. The following day, he was part of the British quartet that won the bronze medal in the event alongside Alex Haydock-Wilson, Lina Nielsen and Yemi Mary John.[22][23] On 21 June, he finished third in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships.[24] The following month, he ran a new British under-23 record for the 400 m hurdles with 48.53 seconds at the Folksam Grand Prix in Karlstad, Sweden.[25] He was selected to represent England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning the silver medal in the final of the 400 metres hurdles behind Ezekiel Nathaniel of Nigeria.[26][27] On 12 August, he ran in the semi-finals of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.[28]