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| Full name | William Sean Rabjohns | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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William Sean Rabjohns (born 11 February 2006) is a British middle-distance and cross-country runner. [1]
He is a member of Poole Athletic Club. [2] In November 2024, he finished second in the men's under-20 race at the Liverpool Cross Challenge earn selection for the British U20 team to compete at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [3] He competed for Great Britain at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, over 800 metres. [4] [5]
In May 2025, he won the Gandy Mile run competing for Team England at the Loughborough International. [6] In July 2025, he won the U20 title over 800 metres at the England U20 Championships in Birmingham in 1:48.45. [7]
He was named in the British team for the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. [8] At the championships, he won his heat to qualify for the final in 1:49.01. [9] In the final, however, he was disqualified for running off the track to keep his balance following a racing incident. Rafferty Mirfin was ultimately awarded the victory with fellow Brit Tom Waterworth winning silver and Aaron Ceballos Spain promoted to bronze. [10] [11] [12] In October 2025, he was named on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26. [13]
On 8 November, he won the men's U20 race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge in Wales. [14] The following week, he was runner-up to Michael Clark at the Liverpool Cross Challenge. [15] He was subsequently selected for the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal, in December 2025, placing twelfth in the individual race, helping the British team alongside Clark and Alex Lennon, to win the U20 team silver medal. [16] [17]
