Jason Joseph (born 11 October 1998) is a
Swiss athlete specialising in the
sprint hurdles
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...
. He won a gold medal in the
60 metres hurdles at the
2023 European Indoor Championships. He has been the national champion in the
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hu ...
ever since 2019, earning the title consecutively five times in a row, and holds national records in both events. He also reached the semi-finals of the
2020 Olympics.
Early life
Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. Initially, he showed interest in sports such as football, breakdancing, and martial arts, as opposed to athletics. He began athletics at age 11 and it started to grow on him slowly, over the years, as time passed.
Career
He represented his country at the
2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Earlier he won a gold medal at the
2017 European U20 Championships. Prior to 2023: His personal bests are 13.12 seconds in the
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hu ...
(+0.7 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2021) and 7.56 seconds in the
60 metres hurdles (St.Gallen 2019).
March 2023 he won the
European Athletics Indoor Championships
The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games ...
in 7.41 for a new PB.
[european-athletics.com 5 Mar 202]
Retrieved 6 Mar 2023
Achievements
International competitions
National titles
*
Swiss Athletics Championships (5)
**
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hu ...
: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
*
Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (5)
**
60 metres hurdles: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
See also
*
List of Swiss records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Switzerland maintained by its national athletics federation: Swiss Athletics (SA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
Mx = mark was made in a mixed race
Men
Wo ...
*
Switzerland at the Olympics
References
External links
Official website*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Jason
1998 births
Living people
Swiss male hurdlers
Sportspeople from Basel-Landschaft
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Switzerland
European Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
European Games gold medalists for Switzerland
European Games medalists in athletics