Alex Knibbs

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Alex Knibbs
Personal information
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 24)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 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]

Personal life

His brother is professional footballer Harvey Knibbs. [5]

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  5. Dicken, Alex (21 July 2018). "Who is Harvey Knibbs? Profiling the striker in Villa's first team". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 August 2019.