Sam Lunt
British athlete (born 2005)
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Sam Lunt (born 23 October 2005) is a British sprinter and hurdler. He won a silver medal with the Great Britain men's 4 × 400 metres team at the 2026 European Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m hurdles: 49.17 (Karlstad, 2026) 400 m: 45.16 (Brussels, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
From Eastham, Merseyside, he attended Neston High School. He was a keen footballer in his youth before focusing on athletics. A member of Wirral Athletics Club, he set a new under-17 British record in the 400 m hurdles with a times of 51.83 seconds, and then 51:55 seconds, in consecutive weeks in July 2022.[2][3] He later studied at Birmingham City University.[4]
Career
In February 2023, he reached the semi-finals in the 400 metres at the senior 2023 British Indoor Championships as a 17-year-old.[5]
He was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[6] He won gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the same event.[7][8]
He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He qualified for the final with a run of 50.00 seconds, a British national U20 record.[9] In the final, he placed fifth overall, running 50.29 seconds.[10]
In October 2024, he was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British male junior.[11] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[12] He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou.[13] He made his senior international debut in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, alongside Josh Faulds, Emily Newnham and Nicole Yeargin as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[14] On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[15] In October 2025, he was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[16]
In May 2026, Lunt ran a personal best for the 400 metres with 45.16 seconds in Brussels.[17] In June, Lunt won over 400 metres at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague.[18] That month, he reached the final of the 400 metres at the 2026 British Championships, placing seventh overall.[19] The following month, Lunt ran a new personal best for the 400 m hurdles with 49.17 seconds at the Folksam Grand Prix in Karlstad, Sweden.[20] In August 2026, he competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, winning the silver medal with the team having ran in the opening round.[21][22]