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Joshua Atkinson (sprinter)

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Joshua Atkinson
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Robert Atkinson
Born (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 23)
Sydney, Australia
Sport
Country Thailand
SportAthletics
Events
400 m, 800 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Thailand
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Aichi–Nagoya400 m
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Hanoi400 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Hanoi800 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Hanoi4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2021 HanoiMixed 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2025 Bangkok400 m
Gold medal – first place2025 Bangkok4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2025 Bangkok800 m
Silver medal – second place2025 BangkokMixed 4 × 400 m relay

Joshua Robert Atkinson (born 25 May 2003) is a Thai sprinter and middle-distance runner who competes primarily in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Born in Sydney, Australia, he developed as an athlete in the Australian junior athletics system before becoming eligible to represent Thailand in international competition in April 2022.[1][2]

Atkinson won the men's 400 metres at the 2026 Asian Games in a personal best of 44.90 seconds, becoming the first Thai athlete to win an Asian Games title in the event.[3][4] He also holds the Thai national record in the 800 metres, having run 1:48.18 at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[2]

In his first major international competition for Thailand, Atkinson won four gold medals at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, taking the 400 metres, 800 metres, men's 4 × 400 metres relay and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay titles.[5][6] At the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok, he won the 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay and took silver in the 800 metres and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[7]

Early life and junior career

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Atkinson was born in Sydney, Australia, on 25 May 2003. He spent approximately four years of his childhood in Japan, where he first became interested in running through school sports competitions while also playing football. After returning to Australia with his family in 2011, his parents enrolled him in an athletics club and he began training more seriously.[1]

He initially competed in the 800 and 1500 metres before his coach, Graham Garnett, shifted his focus towards the 400 and 800 metres. As an under-16 athlete, Atkinson ran 1:54.50 to break a New South Wales age-group record in the 800 metres. He subsequently lowered his personal best to 1:50.82 and recorded 47.83 seconds for the 400 metres.[8]

In 2021, Atkinson was selected for an Australian under-20 squad in the 400 metres, 800 metres, men's 4 × 400 metres relay and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[9] He continued to compete in New South Wales and, in early 2022, ran 46.60 seconds for the 400 metres, achieving the qualifying standard for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[10]

Career

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2022: Thailand debut and World U20 Championships

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Atkinson made his major international debut for Thailand at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi. He first won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with Siripol Punpa, Supanich Poolkerd and Benny Nontanam, with Thailand recording 3:19.29.[11]

He subsequently won the men's 400 metres in 46.44 seconds and the 800 metres in 1:55.75.[12][13] On the final day of athletics, Atkinson ran the anchor leg as Thailand won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay in 3:07.58, giving him a fourth gold medal at the Games.[14] He was later selected as one of four outstanding athletes of the Games.[15]

At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, Atkinson competed in the 400 metres. He ran 46.13 seconds in the semifinal, a Thai under-20 record, to qualify automatically for the final.[16] He finished fifth in the final in 46.31 seconds.[17]

2023: national 800 metres record

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Atkinson competed at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh. He finished fourth in the 400 metres in 46.90 seconds.[18] In the 800 metres heats he recorded 1:54.26 but did not start the final.[19] During the Games, the Athletics Association of Thailand reported that he was affected by a groin injury.[20]

At the 2022 Asian Games, held in Hangzhou later that year, Atkinson concentrated on the 800 metres and relay events. He ran 1:48.18 in the first round, lowering the Thai national record, and reached the final, where he recorded 1:50.50.[21] He was also part of the Thai men's 4 × 400 metres relay team that finished fourth in 3:04.23.[22]

2025: SEA Games

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At the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok, Atkinson won the men's 400 metres in 45.13 seconds.[23] The performance was a personal best at the time and broke the SEA Games record.[4]

He earned silver in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay as Thailand finished in 3:16.56, and later finished second in the men's 800 metres in 1:49.24.[24][25]

On the final day of the athletics programme, Atkinson ran the anchor leg for Thailand in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. Thailand won in 3:03.07, setting both a Thai national record and a SEA Games record.[26][2] Atkinson finished the Games with two gold and two silver medals.

2026: Asian Games champion

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Atkinson competed in the men's 400 metres at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. On 26 September, he won the final in a personal best of 44.90 seconds, ahead of the United Arab Emirates' Suleiman Abdulrahman, who ran 44.99, and Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima, who finished in 45.22.[3][27]

The victory was Thailand's first Asian Games gold medal in the men's 400 metres.[3][4]

Achievements

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Information from the World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[2]

Personal bests

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Event Performance Location Date Notes
400 metres 44.90 Nagoya, Japan 26 September 2026 NR
800 metres 1:48.18 Hangzhou, China 2 October 2023 NR

International competitions

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Representing  Thailand
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2022 SEA Games Hanoi, Vietnam 1st 400 m 46.44 [5]
1st 800 m 1:55.75 [13]
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:07.58 [14]
1st Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.29 [11]
World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 5th 400 m 46.31 [17]
2023 SEA Games Phnom Penh, Cambodia 4th 400 m 46.90 [18]
DNS (f) 800 m 1:54.26 (h) [19]
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 6th (sf) 400 m 46.43 [28]
5th Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.20 [28]
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.63 [28]
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 7th 800 m 1:50.50 [21]
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.23 [22]
2025 Asian Championships Gumi, South Korea 7th (h) 800 m 1:50.91 [29]
SEA Games Bangkok, Thailand 1st 400 m 45.13 [23]
2nd Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.56 [24]
2nd 800 m 1:49.24 [25]
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.07 NR[26]
2026 Asian Games Nagoya, Japan 1st 400 m 44.90 [3]

References

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  1. 1 2 Powell, Chayada; Teepawat, Atitaya (29 September 2026). Thai Voice: จอชชัว แอทคินสัน นักกรีฑาไทย-ออสเตรเลีย ที่คว้าเหรียญทองเอเชียนเกมส์ 2026 [Thai Voice: Joshua Atkinson, the Thai-Australian athlete who won 400 m gold at the 2026 Asian Games]. SBS Thai (in Thai). Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Joshua Atkinson – Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Boonson completes Asian Games sprint double as Yan dominates javelin in Nagoya". World Athletics. 27 September 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Joshua makes history with Thailand's first Asian Games 400m gold". Thai PBS World. 27 September 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 "จอชชัว โรเบิร์ต แอทคินสัน" : เปิดเบื้องหลังทีมชาติไทยและก้าวต่อไปในระดับโลก [Joshua Robert Atkinson: Behind his path to the Thai national team and the next step on the world stage]. Sanook (in Thai). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "31st South East Asian Games – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Boonson completes gold medal treble as records fall at Southeast Asian Games". World Athletics. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  8. ↑ "National Junior Champs – 10 events/athletes to watch". Australian Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Australian Under 20 Team announced". Australian Athletics. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  10. ↑ "Record breakers headline action-packed weekend". Australian Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  11. 1 2 "31st South East Asian Games – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  12. ↑ Hà, Thanh (16 May 2022). "Atkinson wins third title, Việt Nam dominate athletics". Viet Nam News. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  13. 1 2 "31st South East Asian Games – Men's 800 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  14. 1 2 "31st SEA Games athletics results". Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  15. ↑ กระหึ่มส่งท้าย! ‘จอชชัว’ คว้านักกีฬายอดเยี่ยม ประจำซีเกมส์ [Joshua named outstanding athlete after four-gold SEA Games]. Matichon (in Thai). 23 May 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "400 Metres Men – Semi-Final". World Athletics. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  17. 1 2 "400 Metres Men – Final". World Athletics. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  18. 1 2 "32nd SEA Games – Athletics Results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  19. 1 2 "Southeast Asian Games – Men's 800 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  20. ↑ จอชชัว โรเบิร์ต แอทคินสัน ได้รับบาดเจ็บขาหนีบ แต่ยังลงแข่งขันประเภท 4x400 เมตรชาย วันศุกร์นี้ได้ [Joshua Robert Atkinson suffers groin injury but remains available for men's 4×400m relay]. The Standard (in Thai). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  21. 1 2 "19th Asian Games – Men's 800 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  22. 1 2 "19th Asian Games – Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Southeast Asian Games – Men's 400 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  24. 1 2 "Outstanding Performance by Thailand's National Athletics Team at the 2025 ASEAN Games, Collecting Numerous Medals". Thairath. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  25. 1 2 "SEA Games 2025 Mens 800m: Joshua Overtaken in Final Stretch, Finishes Second for Silver Medal". Thairath. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  26. 1 2 "Joshua Leads Thai National Team to Break 30-Year Record, Win Gold in Mens 4x400m Relay at 2025 SEA Games". Thairath. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  27. ↑ "Thailand wins three more medals to remain sixth at 2026 Asian Games". The Nation. 27 September 2026. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  28. 1 2 3 "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  29. ↑ "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
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