Justin Davies (runner)

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Justin Davies
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:45.37 (Watford, 2024)
1500m: 3:43.62 (Birmingham, 2022)

Justin Davies (born 6 February 2003) is a Welsh middle-distances runner. He won the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres. [1]

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Career

He was part of the British team that won a silver medal at the 2022 World University Cross Country Championships in the mixed relay, alongside Alexandra Millard, Edward Potter and Sabrina Sinha. [2]

He was a bronze medalist over 800 metres at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [3] In Watford in August 2024, he lowered his 800 metres personal best to 1:45.37 at the British Milers Club Gold Standard meeting at Watford. It was the third personal best time he had run that season, and moved into the top-ten British all-time list. [4] [5] He was selected for selected to join the Welsh Athletics performance pathway in 2024. [6]

At the Keely Klassic in Birmingham on 15 February 2025, he ran 1:45.78 in the 800m indoors and broke the Welsh record which had been held by Joe Thomas since 2012. [7] He won the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025. [8] [9] He was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. [10] [11]

Personal life

He attended King Edward's School, Bath. [12] He studied biomedical sciences at the University of Bath. [13] [14]

References

  1. "Justin Davies". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. "Team Bath Dual Career athlete Justin Davies helps GB win mixed relay silver and overall title at FISU World University Cross-Country Champs". Team Bath. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. "Men's 800 m - Final" (PDF). ukaic2024 Micro Plus Timing Services. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Fahey, Kevin (30 August 2024). "Somerset runner joins the 1:45 club with a record-breaking 800m run". Somerset Live. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
  5. "Watford witnesses fast late-season times". Athletics Weekly. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
  6. "Jenny Nesbitt and Justin Davies have been selected to join the Welsh Athletics Performance Pathway". Welshathletics.org. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. Henderson, Jason (15 February 2025). "British records fall at the Keely Klassic". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. Henderson, Jason (23 Feb 2025). "George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  9. "GOURLEY & MILLS LEAD WAY WITH RECORDS AT MICROPLUS UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMP". British Athletics. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  10. "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
  11. Henderson, Jason (Feb 26, 2025). "Molly Caudery leads British team for European Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
  12. "It's a golden day for Avon runners at the South West Championships". Easy Runner. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
  13. "Current and aspiring Olympians, history-making artistic swimmer and internationals join ranks of University of Bath Sporting Scholars". Team Bath. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  14. "Eleven University of Bath students offered sporting scholarships". Bath Echo. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.