Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Montreal, Canada | 20 December 2001
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:44.42 (2025) 1500 m: 3:49.67 (2025) |
Justin O'Toole (born 20 December 2001) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. [1]
He born in Montreal before studying in the United States at Columbia College, part of Columbia University, and later being a graduate transfer to the University of Washington. [2] [3] [4]
He was a member of the Washington Huskies team medley quartet, who ran a time of 9:14.10 for an indoor best time in 2025 at the Husky Classic, beating the 9:16.40 set by Oklahoma State in 2023 and the absolute best, 9:14.58 by a Brooks Beast team set the previous year. [4] He qualified for the final of the 800 metres at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach in March 2025, placing sixth overall. [5]
He was runner-up to Marco Arop at the 2025 Canadian Athletics Championships over 800 metres, running a new personal best time of 1:45.51 in August 2025. [6] He ran a new personal best for the 800 metres of 1:44.42 on 20 August 2025, in Pfungstadt, Germany to also meet the automatic qualifying standard for the upcoming world championships. [3] He was named in the Canadian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [7]