Jason Joseph
Swiss hurdler (born 1998)
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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.
Joseph at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | 110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles |
| Club | LC Therwil[1] |
| Coached by | Claudine Müller |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60 m hurdles: 7.41 (Istanbul 2023) NR 110 m hurdles: 13.08 (Zürich 2023) NR |
Medal record | |
Early life
Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in Basel, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. His father is Saint Lucian and his mother is 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
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]
On 12 August 2026, Joseph won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the European Championships in Birmingham, England. [6][7]
Achievements
International competitions
1Did not finish in the final
2Disqualified in the final
National titles
- 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
