Tyri Donovan
British athlete (born 1998)
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Tyri Donovan (born 20 October 1998) is a British hurdler. He won the national 400 metres hurdles title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 20 October 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400m hurdles |
| Club | Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400mH : 48.21 (Tokyo, 2025) |
Career
He is a member of Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club in Berkshire. He has a long-standing partnership with coach Marina Armstrong, since he was 16 years-old.[2][3] He suffered back injuries between 2019 and 2023.[4][5]
He represented England at the 2024 Loughborough International, winning the 400 metres hurdles in a time of 49.97 seconds.[6] In June 2024, he set a new personal best of 49.23 seconds, which was also the fastest time ever in the British Athletics League, breaking the previous best of 49.40 set by Chris Rawlinson in 1999.[3] He won the England Athletics Senior Championships over 400 metres hurdles in July 2024, in a time of 50.29 seconds.[7]
In June 2025, he ran sub-49 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles for the first time, running 48.84 seconds in Geneva.[8][9] The following month, he ran a new personal best of 48.46 seconds whilst competing in Derby in the British Athletics League.[10] He equalled his personal best 48.46 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 London Athletics Meet on 19 July 2025.[11][12] On 3 August, he became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[13][14]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 400 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, running a personal best 48.26 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals, before lowering it to 48.21 seconds in finishing fourth in his semi-final, although not advancing to the final.[15][16]
Personal life
His father, Dan Donovan, competed as a 400m runner and was a British Championships silver medallist.[5] Tyri attended Blenheim High School in Epsom.[citation needed] He studied English Language and English Literature at Brunel University before studying translation at the University of Surrey with a focus on Mandarin and Japanese. He is a guitarist and songwriter.[3]