Joshua Zeller

Josh Zeller
Zeller at the 2022 World Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
110 metres hurdles
ClubBracknell AC
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Borås110 m hurdles

Joshua Zeller (born 19 October 2000) is an athlete from Great Britain who competes as a hurdler. He placed fifth in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and fourth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was the 2019 European under-20 champion.[1]

Biography

From Woosehill, Berkshire, Zeller attended The Forest School, Winnersh and trained at Bracknell Athletics Club, prior to being awarded a scholarship to study and compete for the Michigan Wolverines track and field team in the United States.[2][3]

Zeller was a semi-finalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. The following year, Zeller moved to second on the under-20 British all-time rankings with a time of 13.26 seconds in Mannheim, Germany, the time 0.09s behind the David Omoregie record set in 2014. Later that summer, Zeller won the gold medal in the 110 m hurdles at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden.[4]

Zeller finished runner-up in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2022 British Athletics Championships.[5][6] Zeller placed fifth in the 110 metres hurdles final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on his major championship debut.[7][8] That summer, he placed fourth over 110 metres hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9]

In June 2023, Zeller placed fifth in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Poland.[10] Having ran a wind-assisted 13.34 in finishing second at the 2023 British Athletics Championships, he was one of a number of athlete controversially not selected by British Athletics for that year's World Championships despite qualifying by ranking.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Joshua ZELLER | Profile". Worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Joshua Zeller". mgoblue.com.
  3. ↑ Hastings, James (22 November 2018). "INTERVIEW: Woosehill teenager Josh Zeller seals US athletics scholarship". Wokingham Today. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "FUTURES IN FOCUS: JOSH ZELLER". British Athletics. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "GB team for World Champs announced". Athleticsweekly.com. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022". World Athletics. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "XXII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships: Great Britain fourth heading into final day in Poland". BBC Sport. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Smythe, Steve (7 August 2023). "WHY UK ATHLETICS' SELECTION DECISIONS FOR BUDAPEST ARE WRONG". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  12. ↑ Bloom, Ben (26 July 2023). "British athletes accuse UKA of 'stealing' World Championships chance". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
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