Seamus Derbyshire

Seamus Derbyshire
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
ClubCity of Stoke AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 47.02 (Birmingham, 2022)
400m hurdles : 48.47 (Prague, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås 400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bahamas 400m hurdles
British Championships
Silver medal – second place 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 49.94 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]

Derbyshire 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]

Derbyshire was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.[12] In Prague in June 2025, he moved to fifth on the British all-time list with a time of 48.47 for the 400 metres hurdles.[13] He finished second to Tyri Donovan at the London Athletics Meet on 19 July.[14] On 3 August, he placed third in the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[15][16]

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. 21 July 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 February 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 (9 July 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 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  13. ^ ""Crazy" - Derbyshire runs fifth-best British time". BBC Sport. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ^ Henderson, Jason (19 July 2025). "BRITISH STARS LIGHT UP THE LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ^ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  16. ^ Henderson, Jason (3 August 2025). "TYPHOON TYRI WINS 400M HURDLES CLASSIC AT UK CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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