Joel Milburn

Joel Milburn
Joel Milburn 2010 Commonwealth Games 400 m Semi Final
Personal information
Born (1986-03-17) 17 March 1986
Sydney, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
400 m, 4 × 400 m relay
Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2010 DelhiMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third placeBerlin 20094 × 400 m relay
Universiade
Silver medal – second placeBangkok 20074 × 400 m relay

Joel Milburn (born 17 March 1986) is an Australian Dual Olympic 400 m sprinter, Olympic Finalist[1], Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist[2] and World Championships Bronze Medalist[3]. His Personal Best time for the 400 m is 44.80[3] seconds which he achieved in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Joel won the Australian National 400 m Championship in 2008.[4]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Joel competed in the Men's 400 m individual and Men's 4 x 400 m relay. He was a semi-finals of the individual 400 meters competition placing 13th overall[5] and 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3.00.02 after Russia was disqualified. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Joel won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m[6] relay and placed 5th in the Men's 400 m individual final. Joel has represented Australia numerous times at the IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Commonwealth Games [7] as well as the Asia-Pacific region (55 nations) at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the 4 × 400 m relay.

Personal Bests
Event Result Wind Venue Date
100 m 10.85+1.3Sydney27.10.2007
200 m 21.09+1.4Sydney27.03.2010
400 m 44.80Beijing18.08.2008
4 × 400 m Relay 300.02Beijing23.08.2010

Joel Milburn's Australian Caps and international representation:

  • 2012 Olympic Games - London, England[8]. (DNS)
  • 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India[9].
  • 2010 IAAF Continental Cup - Split, Croatia.
  • 2009 IAAF World Championships - Berlin, Germany.
  • 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Beijing, China.
  • 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Valencia Spain.
  • 2007 World University Games - Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships - Grosseto, Italy. - (DNS)
  • 2003 IAAF World Youth Championships - Sherbrooke, Canada[10].

Personal

Joel was arrested in Sydney on 17 October 2019 and accused of possessing a small amount of a prohibited drug. Charges were dismissed in court.

Joel completed a Psychology degree at Macquarie University in 2012 and has a Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He currently is employed in management in Cyber Security in Sydney for a large cyber security firm.

References

  1. ↑ "Joel Milburn". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Joel Milburn Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Joel MILBURN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Australia's track team on song for Beijing". ABC News. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Aussie 400m young guns Milburn and Wroe miss Olympic final
  6. ↑ "Golden hat-trick in the Stadium". Australian Olympic Committee. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Milburn timing his run well". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Athletics". ABC News. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Aussies have final say on track". ABC News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Australia announce largest ever team for the IAAF World Youth Championships | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
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