Tyri Donovan

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Tyri Donovan
Personal information
NationalityBritish
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]

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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 competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 400 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, running a personal best 48.26 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals, before lowering it to 48.21 seconds in finishing fourth in his semi-final, although not advancing to the final. [15] [16]

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Henderson, Jason (26 August 2025). "BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
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