Seamus Derbyshire
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| Born | 27 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 47.33 (Coventry, 2022) 400m hurdles : 49.29 (Geneva, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seamus Derbyshire (born 27 January 2000) is a British track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles.[1]
Early life
[edit]From Stockton Brook, in Staffordshire Moorlands, his running club is the City of Stoke Athletics Club in Stoke-on-Trent.[2] He attended Loughborough University[3]
Career
[edit]Junior career
[edit]Derbyshire won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, finishing behind Alastair Chalmers.[4] He won another silver medal at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Borås.[5]
Senior career
[edit]2022
[edit]Derbyshire set a new personal best time for the 400m hurdles of 44.94 seconds in Oordegem, Belgium, in May 2022.[6] He made his senior Great Britain debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, in August 2022, in which qualified for the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles.[7]
2023
[edit]He wore the British vest again the following year, finishing third in the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division 400m hurdles race, in Chorzow, in June 2023.[8] That month in Geneva, he lowered his 400 metres hurdles personal best to 49.29 seconds.[9] In July 2023, he finished as runner-up at the UK National Championships 400m hurdles in Manchester, behind Alastair Chalmers.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Seamus Derbyshire". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Travers, Chris (30 March 2020). "Seamus Derbyshire overcomes more hurdles to land European silver". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Perfecting the art of Championship running – Seamus Derbyshire on the Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (23 July 2017). "Hosts save best until last to win first gold medal on final day of athletics at Bahamas 2017". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Dustin leads GB 800m clean sweep in Borås". Athletics Weekly. Jul 21, 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Smith, Peter (31 May 2022). "Moorlands hurdler smashes near 40-year-old Stoke AC record". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage". Oxford Mail. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". Watch Athletics. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Lignano con lungo e sprint in primo piano". Fidal.it. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (July 9, 2023). "Zharnel Hughes at the double!". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
