Joel Milburn

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Joel Milburn
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Joel Milburn 2010 Commonwealth Games 400 m Semi Final
Personal information
Born (1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 39)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
400 m, 4 × 400 m relay
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Berlin 2009 4 × 400 m relay
Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Bangkok 2007 4 × 400 m relay

Joel Milburn (born 17 March 1986) is an Australian Dual Olympic 400 m sprinter. His Personal Best time for the 400 m is 44.80 seconds which he achieved in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Joel is currently the 5th all time fastest Australian 400 m sprinter.

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Joel won the Australian National 400 m Championship in 2008. [1] He was then selected for the 400 m & 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he made the semi-finals of the individual 400 meters competition. [2] He placed 13th overall in Beijing in the 400 m Individual and 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3.00.02 after Russia was disqualified. Joel has represented Australia numerous times at the IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Commonwealth Games as well as the Asia-Pacific region (55 nations) at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the 4 × 400 m relay. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Joel won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay and placed 5th in the Men's 400 m individual final.

Personal Bests
EventResultWindVenueDate
100 m10.85+1.3Sydney27.10.2007
200 m21.09+1.4Sydney27.03.2010
400 m44.80Beijing18.08.2008
4 × 400 m Relay300.02Beijing23.08.2010

Joel Milburn's Australian Caps and international representation:

Personal

Joel was arrested in Sydney on 17 October 2019 and accused of possessing a small amount of a prohibited drug. Charges were dismissed in court.

Joel completed a Psychology degree at Macquarie University in 2012 and has a Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He currently is employed in management in Cyber Security in Sydney for a large cyber security firm.[ citation needed ]

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