Benjamin East
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Kennet (Berkshire) | ||||||||||||||
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Benjamin East (born 19 November 2003) is a British athlete specialising in the Javelin throw. In 2023, he became the British champion in the javelin.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]East set the British U15 record in 2018 by throwing 67.04 metres.[3] He was educated at Loughborough University and represented Great Britain at the 2022 U20 World Championships in Colombia.[1]
East became the British champion in 2023, after winning the gold medal at the javelin throw at the 2023 British Athletics Championships, held in Manchester, having previously won the silver medal the year before.[4][5][6]
In July 2025, East won the England Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a throw of 74.46 metres.[7] In August, East threw a personal best of 77.40 metres in finishing second to Michael Allison at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[8]
In 2026, East progressed first to 78.77 m and then 80.05 m, prior to throwing a new personal best of 80.49 metres to win the Meeting Nikaia on 13 June 2026.[9] The following week, he won the 2026 UK Athletics Championships title ahead of defending champion Allison, making a throw of 79.87 metres.[10] On 31 July, he made a new personal best throw of 81.12 m and finished eighth at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Benjamin East, athlete profile". The Power of 10. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Benjamin East, athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "England Athletics Championship Records". England Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Javelin Men". UK Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "England Athletics Senior & U20 Championships". World Athletics. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (13 June 2026). "8.54m! Tentoglou takes wind assisted world lead as javelin greats defeated by Briton". European Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "GLORIOUS SUCCESS FOR EDUAN AS ANNING, HUNTER BELL, HADAWAY & WIGHTMAN STAR IN BIRMINGHAM". British Athletics. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "GEORGIA HUNTER BELL STORMS TO GLASGOW GLORY". Athletics Weekly. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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