Alex Knibbs

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Alex Knibbs
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 400 metres
ClubAmber Valley [1]
Coached byNick Dakin

Alex Knibbs (born 26 April 1999) is an English athlete specialising in the 400 metre hurdles. [2] [3]

He became British champion when winning the 400 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 46.65 secs. [4] [5] [6]

Personal life

Knibbs was born in England and is of Jamaican descent through his paternal grandparents. [7] Knibbs' dad, Ralph Knibbs is a former elite rugby union player for Bristol. [8] His brother is professional footballer Harvey Knibbs, who plays for Charlton Athletic FC . [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. ↑ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Results list". British Athletics.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bristol star Ralph Knibbs helping build confidence through rugby". www.bbc.com. 7 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Apicella, Liam (5 October 2022). "Cambridge United forward Harvey Knibbs reflects on his development in recent seasons after winning the Love Cambridge Player of the Month award for September". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Dicken, Alex (21 July 2018). "Who is Harvey Knibbs? Profiling the striker in Villa's first team". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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