Joseph Brier (born 16 March 1999) is a Welsh
track and field
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sprint
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er who specialises in the
400 metres
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. He has won medals with the British
4 × 400 metres relay
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team, including bronze at the
World Athletics U20 Championships
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in 2018, silver at the
2019 European Athletics U23 Championships
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Medal summary
Men Track
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and bronze at the
2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
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.
[Joe Brier]
Power of 10. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
At national level, Brier won his first Welsh title in the 400 m in 2016. He placed fourth at the
2019 British Indoor Athletics Championships
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in his first British final. The following year he had his first national podium finish with second at the
2020 British Indoors.
[Joe Brier]
World Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
His sister,
Hannah Brier
Hannah Brier (born 3 February 1998) is a British sprinter who won the 200 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Career
Brier trains at Swansea Harriers Athletics ...
, is also a British sprint athlete.
Lockdown restrictions 'split our family in half'
BBC Sport (24 February 2021). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
International competitions
National titles
* Welsh Athletics Championships
**400 m: 2016
See also
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References
External links
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Joe Brier
at Welsh Athletics
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1999 births
Living people
British male sprinters
Welsh male sprinters
Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
European Athletics Championships winners
World Athletics Championships medalists