Joshua Faulds
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| Born | 7 March 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Sprint, Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 46.85 (Birmingham, 2025) 400m hurdles 48.59 (Brussels, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Joshua Faulds (born 7 March 2000) is a British hurdler. He has competed internationally over 400 metres hurdles and was runner-up at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships over 400 metres.[1]
Biography
[edit]Faulds made his senior championship debut in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[2]
Faulds ran a personal best 46.85 seconds to finish runner-up behind Alex Haydock-Wilson in the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.[3]
Faulds was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, winning a bronze medal in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.[4][5][6] He later ran in the men's 4x400 metres relay with his British team placing fourth overall.[7] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in May 2025, where he in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Sam Lunt, Emily Newnham and Nicole Yeargin as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[8] Later that month, he lowered his personal best to 48.59 seconds for the 400m hurdles whilst competing in Brussels.[9] On 2 August, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing fourth overall.[10]
In February 2026, Faulds was a finalist over 400 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing fourth overall.[11] Faulds was named in the British squad for the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[12] On 21 June, he finished runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships.[13] Faulds competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[14][15] On 12 August, he ran in the semi-finals of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.[16]
Personal life
[edit]He attended Harris Church of England Academy in Rugby, Warwickshire.[17] His brother Ed Faulds is also an athlete.[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Joshua Faulds". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 Feb 2025.
- ↑ "Adam Gemili: British sprinter pulls out of European Championships". BBC Sport. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2025.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (23 Feb 2025). "George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (Feb 26, 2025). "Molly Caudery leads British team for European Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
- ↑ "GB win mixed 4 x 400 metres relay bronze at European Indoors". BBC Sport. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB win three silvers on final day of European Indoors". BBC Sport. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI SECURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS ON CRUCIAL FIRST DAY AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". British Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (26 May 2025). "Over 72 metres again! 72.11m for Ceh in Ptuj". European Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ↑ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "ZHARNEL HUGHES, CHARLIE DOBSON, DESIREE HENRY AMONG GB RELAY TEAM FOR BOTSWANA". Athletics Weekly. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "ANNING AND HUDSON-SMITH IMPRESS AFTER HODGKINSON PULLS OUT". Athletics Weekly. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "On Your Marks: Team England announce athletics squad for Glasgow 2026". England Athletics. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "ENGLISH SMASHES 48-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD AS BURGIN POWERS THROUGH TO 800M FINAL". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "SCHOOL ATHLETICS: Rugby teams best in county". Warwickshire World. 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (Jan 24, 2022). "Ed Faulds looks to make statement at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 22 Feb 2025.
