Joe Wigfield

Joe Wigfield

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	Joseph Wigfield (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Club	Wirral Athletics Club
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing   Great Britain European Cross Country Championships 2022 Turin U23 Team

Joseph Wigfield (born 18 January 2000) is a British middle distance and cross country runner. He represented Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. ^[1]

Biography

A member of Wirral Athletics Club from the age of eleven years-old, Wigfield attended St Mary’s University, Twickenham. ^{[2] [3]} He compèted for Great Britain at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden over 3000 metres, and in the under-23 race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy, placing thirteenth overall as the British U23 team won the gold medal. ^{[4] [3] [5]}

Wigfield was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia in the mixed relay, running the first leg as the British team placed sixth overall on his international debut, competing alongside Callum Elson, Alex Bell and Alexandra Millard. ^{[2] [6] [7]}

In September 2024, Wigfield became the first man to run the Westminster Mile course in London in under four minutes, winning in a new course record of 3:58. ^[8]

In May 2025, he ran 3.56.64 to win the Bannister Mile in Oxford. ^[9] Wigfield ran a 3:56.46 personal best for the mile later that summer in Dublin. ^[10] In September, he won the Westminster Mile in London in 3:59.77. ^[11] In October 2025, Wigfield ran a course record 1:02:02 to win the elite men’s race at the Manchester Half Marathon, in his second race over the distance. ^{[12] [13]} He won the Battersea 5k race on the roads on 31 December, running a personal best 13:37 to finish ahead of Jack Higgins and Sebastiano Parolini. ^[10]

References

1. "Joe Wigfield". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
2. Maze, Jonathan (8 February 2023). "Wirral A.C's Joe Wigfield to represent Team GB at World Championships". Mersey Sport Live. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
3. "Success for St Mary's Athletes at European Championships". stmarys.ac.uk. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
4. "European U20 Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
5. "28th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
6. "IMPRESSIVE SHOWING ACROSS ALL EVENTS FOR GB & NI AT THE 2023 WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS". British Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
7. Adams, Tim (1 February 2023). "Great Britain sends 17 athletes to World Cross in Australia". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
8. Boswell, Rachel (23 September 2024). "First-ever sub-4 and new women's course record at 2024 Vitality Westminster Mile". Runners World. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
9. Collett, Jasmine (7 May 2025). "JOE WIGFIELD AND HOLLY DIXON CLAIM WINS AT BANNISTER MILES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
10. "ALEX BELL AND JOE WIGFIELD RUN 5KM PBS IN BATTERSEA". Athletics Weekly. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
11. Henderson, Jason (27 September 2025). "SUB-FOUR FOR JOE WIGFIELD AT THE VITALITY WESTMINSTER MILE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
12. Duff, Martin (13 October 2025). "JOE WIGFIELD EXCELS AT THE MANCHESTER HALF MARATHON". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
13. Rathborne, Jack (13 October 2025). "Manchester Half Marathon hits record numbers as Joe Wigfield storms to victory in course record". The Independent. Retrieved 1 January 2026.