David King (born 13 June 1994) is an

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Olympic athlete specialising in the

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. He is a three times British champion over 110m hurdles and three times British champion over 60m hurdles. He represented

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at the

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(held in 2021) and made the semi-finals, finishing 19th overall. At the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships he took the title of 2023 UK national champion over 60m indoor hurdles. He then reached the finals of the

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in Istanbul where he finished 7th. He is currently based in

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, and trains with Phoenix Track Club under Coach Tim O'Neil. At the

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, David advanced to the final after successfully winning a draw of lots and finished 6th in the final. In the semi-finals, David and Japanese athlete, Shusei Nomoto, tied for the final non-automatic qualifying position with a time of 7.565. As there were no additional lanes available, a drawing of lots took place which saw David advance to the final as a result of his race bib labelled "King" being randomly drawn from a bag. David is a three times British champion over

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(2017, 2019, 2020) and three times British champion over the

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(2019, 2020, 2023) His personal bests are 13.37 seconds in the

(Turku 2021) and 7.57 seconds in the

(Madrid, 2022).

International competitions

¹Did not start in the semifinals

References

1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Plymouth, Devon English male hurdlers British male hurdlers Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain British Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain {{England-athletics-bio-stub