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British athlete (born 2000)
Seamus Derbyshire
Personal information
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 47.33 (Coventry, 2022)
400m hurdles : 49.29 (Geneva, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås 400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bahamas 400m hurdles
British Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester 400m hurdles

Seamus Derbyshire (born 27 January 2000) is a British track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles.

Early life

From Stockton Brook, in Staffordshire Moorlands, his running club is the City of Stoke Athletics Club in Stoke-on-Trent. He attended Loughborough University

Career

Junior career

Derbyshire won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, finishing behind Alastair Chalmers. He won another silver medal at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Borås.

Senior career

2022

Derbyshire set a new personal best time for the 400m hurdles of 44.94 seconds in Oordegem, Belgium, in May 2022. 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.

2023

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. That month in Geneva, he lowered his 400 metres hurdles personal best to 49.29 seconds. In July 2023, he finished as runner-up at the UK National Championships 400m hurdles in Manchester, behind Alastair Chalmers.

References

  1. "Seamus Derbyshire". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. Travers, Chris (30 March 2020). "Seamus Derbyshire overcomes more hurdles to land European silver". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. "Perfecting the art of Championship running – Seamus Derbyshire on the Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. 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.
  5. "Oliver Dustin leads GB 800m clean sweep in Borås". Athletics Weekly. Jul 21, 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. Smith, Peter (31 May 2022). "Moorlands hurdler smashes near 40-year-old Stoke AC record". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. "Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage". Oxford Mail. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  8. "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". Watch Athletics. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  9. "Lignano con lungo e sprint in primo piano". Fidal.it. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. Henderson, Jason (July 9, 2023). "Zharnel Hughes at the double!". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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