Tyri Donovan

Tyri Donovan

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1998-10-20) 20 October 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m hurdles
Club	Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400mH : 48.21 (Tokyo, 2025)

Tyri Donovan (born 20 October 1998) is a British hurdler. He won the national 400 metres hurdles title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

He is a member of Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club in Berkshire. He has a long-standing partnership with coach Marina Armstrong, since he was 16 years-old. ^{[2] [3]} He suffered back injuries between 2019 and 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

He represented England at the 2024 Loughborough International, winning the 400 metres hurdles in a time of 49.97 seconds. ^[6] In June 2024, he set a new personal best of 49.23 seconds, which was also the fastest time ever in the British Athletics League, breaking the previous best of 49.40 set by Chris Rawlinson in 1999. ^[3] He won the England Athletics Senior Championships over 400 metres hurdles in July 2024, in a time of 50.29 seconds. ^[7]

In June 2025, he ran sub-49 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles for the first time, running 48.84 seconds in Geneva. ^{[8] [9]} The following month, he ran a new personal best of 48.46 seconds whilst competing in Derby in the British Athletics League. ^[10] He equalled his personal best 48.46 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 London Athletics Meet on 19 July 2025. ^{[11] [12]} On 3 August, he became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham. ^{[13] [14]}

He selected for his major championships debut as part of the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[15]

Personal life

His father, Dan Donovan, competed as a 400m runner and was a British Championships silver medallist. ^[5] Tyri attended Blenheim High School in Epsom.^{[ citation needed ]} He studied English Language and English Literature at Brunel University before studying translation at the University of Surrey with a focus on Mandarin and Japanese. He is a guitarist and songwriter. ^[3]

References

1. "Tyri Donovan". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
2. "WSEH Athletics Club: Double delight including a victory in the British Athletics League Division One". Slough Observer. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
3. Seftel, Alex. "Tyri Dononvan: Song-writing hurdler delighted with record-breaking season". nationalathleticsleague. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
4. "Donovan overcoming injury to become national champion". Englandathletics. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
5. Collett, Jasmine (24 July 2025). "TYRI DONOVAN: "INJURY WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
6. "England triumph at Loughborough International". Englandathletics. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
7. "England Athletics U20/Senior Championships and Senior Para Championships: Day 3 report". Englandathletics. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
8. Adams, Tim (13 June 2025). "BRITISH 400M HURDLING ON THE RISE IN 2025". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
9. "Atleticageneve - EAP". World Athletics. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
10. Duff, Martin (7 July 2025). "HARROW BEAT THAMES VALLEY – NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE ROUND-UP". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
11. Henderson, Jason (19 July 2025). "BRITISH STARS LIGHT UP THE LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. "GLOBAL STARS LIGHT UP SELL-OUT NOVUNA LONDON ATHLETICS MEET". British Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
13. "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
14. Henderson, Jason (3 August 2025). "TYPHOON TYRI WINS 400M HURDLES CLASSIC AT UK CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
15. Henderson, Jason (26 August 2025). "BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2025.