Jason Joseph

Jason Joseph (born 11 October 1998) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He won a gold medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.^[2] He has been the national champion in the 110 metres hurdles ever since 2019, earning the title consecutively five times in a row, and holds national records in both events. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2020 Olympics.

Jason Joseph

Joseph at the 2023 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26) Basel, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club	LC Therwil[1]
Coached by	Claudine Müller
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m hurdles: 7.41 (Istanbul 2023) NR 110 m hurdles: 13.08 (Zürich 2023) NR
Medal record Representing  Switzerland European Championships 2024 Rome 110 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 2023 Istanbul 60 m hurdles European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 110 m hurdles European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle 110 m hurdles European U20 Championships 2017 Grosseto 110 m hurdles

Early life

Jason Joseph was born on 11 October 1998 in Basel, Switzerland to a Caribbean-Swiss family. Initially, he showed interest in sports such as football, breakdancing, and martial arts, as opposed to athletics. He began athletics at age 11 and it started to grow on him slowly, over the years, as time passed.^[3]

Career

He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. Earlier he won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Prior to 2023: His personal bests are 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.7 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2021) and 7.56 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (St.Gallen 2019).

March 2023 he won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 7.41 for a new PB.^[4]

Achievements

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Representing  Switzerland
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.41
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	30th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.89
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	12th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.53
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	1st	110 m hurdles	13.45
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.53
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	14th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.46
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	23rd (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.67
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	110 m hurdles	13.35
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	60 m hurdles	7.41	EL NR
	2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division	Chorzów, Poland	1st	110 m hurdles	13.12	CR
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	110 m hurdles	13.28
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	21st (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.81
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.43
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	18th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.43
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	13th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.70

National titles

• Swiss Athletics Championships (5)
  • 110 metres hurdles: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships (5)
  • 60 metres hurdles: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

See also

• List of Swiss records in athletics
• Switzerland at the Olympics