Jared Micallef

Jared Micallef
Personal information
NationalityMaltese
Born (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Australia
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:46.0 (Perth, 2025) NR
1500m: 3:44.48 (Marsa, 2023) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Malta
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place2023 Marsa800m
Silver medal – second place2025 Andorra la Vella800m
Silver medal – second place2025 Andorra la Vella1500m
Silver medal – second place2025 Andorra la Vella4x400m relay
Silver medal – second place2025 Andorra la Vella4x400m mixed
Bronze medal – third place2023 Marsa1500m

Jared Micallef (born 29 May 1998) is a Maltese middle-distance runner. He represented Malta over 800 metres at the 2025 World Championships, and holds the Maltese national record over 800 metres and 1500 metres.[1]

Biography

Born in Australia of Maltese descent, his father and paternal grandparents left Valletta for Australia in the 1960s. he started running competitively at a young age but had to overcome a succession of injuries at the end of his teenage years.[2] He was runner-up to Peter Bol over 800 metres at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney in April 2021.[3] However, he declined the opportunity to run for the country of his birth at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, opting instead to represent Malta at the international level in order to honour his family legacy.[2]

In 2023, Micallef won the gold medal for Malta in the 800 metres at the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe in Marsa, Malta, and also won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the Games, with a Maltese national record time of 3:44.48. Micallef also improved the 800m national record in Karlsruhe, Germany, that year, with a time of 1:46.50. He was named Maltese male athlete of the year for 2023. However, an injury suffered in June ruled him out of competitive action until the following March.[4][5][6] He represented Malta at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, without advancing to the semi-finals.[7]

In April 2025, he set a new Maltese national record for the 800 metres with a time of 1:46.08 in Perth.[8][9] He won four silver medals at the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe in Andorra; in the 800m, 1500m, the men's 4x400 relay, and the 4x400 mixed relay. He also served as one of Malta’s flagbearers at the Games.[10]

Micallef represented Malta at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres, running 1:46.62 without advancing to the semi-finals.[11] However, the time was enough to meet the automatic qualification standard for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.[12]

In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the 800 metres.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Jared Micallef". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 Arena, Jessica (14 August 2021). "Australian athlete aims to be Malta's first Olympic medallist". Times of Malta. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Janet Richard and Jared Micallef Crowned Athletes of the Year". Malta Daily. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "XIX Games of the Small States of Europe". World Athletics. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Athlete of the Year Jared Micallef returns in action in 1500m Australia meet". Times of Malta. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "National Records for Benjamin Salnitro and Jared Micallef". Athletics Malta. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Vella, Francesca (17 September 2025). "Flying the flag! Jared Micallef represents Malta at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Guidememalta. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Jared Micallef competes at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". Athletics Malta. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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