Seamus Derbyshire

Seamus Derbyshire

Personal information
Born	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400m: 47.02 (Birmingham, 2022) 400m hurdles : 49.29 (Geneva, 2023)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Great Britain European U20 Championships 2019 Borås 400 m hurdles Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 Bahamas 400m hurdles British Championships 2023 Manchester 400m hurdles

Seamus Derbyshire (born 27 January 2000) is a British track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles. ^[1]

Early life

From Stockton Brook, in Staffordshire Moorlands, his running club is the City of Stoke Athletics Club in Stoke-on-Trent. ^[2] He attended Loughborough University. ^[3]

Career

Junior career

Derbyshire won a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, finishing behind Alastair Chalmers. ^[4] He won another silver medal at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Borås. ^[5]

Senior career

Derbyshire set a new personal best time for the 400m hurdles of 44.94 seconds in Oordegem, Belgium, in May 2022. ^[6] He made his senior Great Britain debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, in August 2022, in which qualified for the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles. ^{[7] [8]}

He wore the British vest again the following year, finishing third in the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division 400m hurdles race, in Chorzow, in June 2023. ^[9] That month in Geneva, he lowered his 400 metres hurdles personal best to 49.29 seconds. ^[10] In July 2023, he finished as runner-up at the UK National Championships 400m hurdles in Manchester, behind Alastair Chalmers. ^[11]

He was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. ^[12]

References

1. "Seamus Derbyshire". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
2. Travers, Chris (30 March 2020). "Seamus Derbyshire overcomes more hurdles to land European silver". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
3. "Perfecting the art of Championship running – Seamus Derbyshire on the Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
4. Morgan, Liam (23 July 2017). "Hosts save best until last to win first gold medal on final day of athletics at Bahamas 2017". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
5. "Oliver Dustin leads GB 800m clean sweep in Borås". Athletics Weekly. Jul 21, 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
6. Smith, Peter (31 May 2022). "Moorlands hurdler smashes near 40-year-old Stoke AC record". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
7. "Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage". Oxford Mail. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
8. "Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage". Chester Standard. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
9. "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". Watch Athletics. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
10. "Lignano con lungo e sprint in primo piano". Fidal.it. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
11. Henderson, Jason (July 9, 2023). "Zharnel Hughes at the double!". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
12. "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.