Coach: Yes Club: Swansea Gender: Male Age Group: V35 County: Wales West Region: Wales Nation: Wales

Lead Coach: Benke Blomkvist 2015- Previous Lead: Malcolm Arnold 2009-2014 Previous Lead: Benke Blomkvist -2008

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Records as of May 2020 Welsh 400m hurdles NR - 47.84 Welsh U20 400m hurdles NR - 51.14 Major Championships and International Record 2014 - Commonwealth Games - 400mH heats. 2013 – World Championships 400mH 5th sf. European Team Championships 400mH silver 2012 – Olympic Games 400mH 4th, 4x400m relay 4th 2011 – World Championships - 400mH gold. European Team Championships 400mH gold 2010 – European Championships 400mH gold. Commonwealth Games 400mH gold. Continental Cup 400mH gold. European Team Championships 400mH gold 2009 – World Championships 400mH 7th. European Team Championships 400mH gold 2007 – European U23 Championships - 400mH gold 2006 – European Championships - 3rd ht 2005 – European Junior Championships - 400mH silver Domestic Championships Record 2019 - British Championships - 400mH Silver. 2018 - British Championships - 400mH Gold. 2016 - British Championships - 400mH heats. 2015 - British Championships - 400mH Bronze. 2013 – British Championships - 400mH gold 2012 – British Championships - 400mH gold 2011 – British Championships - 400m bronze 2010 – British Championships - 400mH gold 2009 – British Championships - 400mH gold 2008 – British Championships - 400mH bronze 2007 – BUSA Indoor Championships - 400m silver, BUSA - 400m gold 2006 – BUSA Championships 400mH gold, BUSA Indoor Championships gold, England Championships - 400mH silver 2005 – BUSA Championships - 400mH silver, England U20 Championships - 400mH silver As a teenager he was a keen footballer but switched to athletics at which he had shown much promise, winning the Welsh U13 75m hurdles title. He considers his old coach Darrell Maynard to be the biggest influence on his career because he had helped him to enjoy training and racing. Outside of athletics he played for Swansea City FC youth until he was 16 and used to work in McDonalds and Next and has a degree in sport and leisure management from UWIC. The talented Welshman has a good championships record, winning medals at the European U23 Championships and European Junior Championships. 2009 was to be his breakthrough year with substantial improvements and after an early season pb of 48.68 in Prague he recorded a world-class pb in his semi-final with 48.23 at the World Championships in Berlin and went on to finish seventh in the final. He had also won at the inaugural European Team Championships in Leira, Portugal. 2010 was to be his best year yet with an early season victory at the European Team Championships and then taking his first major games medal at the European Championships in Barcelona with a winning performance. The best was still to come though, and in the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup he took the victory in a life-time best and world-class 47.88 which was marginally outside Kris Akabusi's long-standing British record. Finally, another gold medal came his way in a hard-fought victory in the Comonwealth Games in Delhi.

Athletes Coached

Name	Club	AG	Sex	Best Event	Rank	AG	Year	Performance
Evan Blackman	Corby	SEN	M	400	19	ALL	2025	47.51
Jack Choules	Gloucester	U20	M	400	76	U20	2025	51.76
Melissa Coxon	Sheffield & Dearne	SEN	W	400HW	15	ALL	2024	59.59
Euan Fraser	Notts	U20	M	400	83	U20	2025	52.06
Alex Haydock-Wilson	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow	SEN	M	400	6	ALL	2025	46.45
Pyers Lockwood	Lewes	SEN	M	400H	28	ALL	2024	53.31
Lucy-Jane Matthews	Birchfield H	SEN	W	60HW	22	ALL	2025	8.54
Onyeka Okoh	Chelmsford	U23	M	400	68	ALL	2025	49.22
Amy Taylor	Notts	SEN	W	100HW	61	ALL	2024	14.38
Jessica Turner	Amber Valley & Erewash	SEN	W	400	18	ALL	2025	53.52

Best known performances

Event PB 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Event 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 60 7.10i 60 7.10i 100 11.1 100 11.1 200 22.25/21.6/21.73w 200 22.25/21.6 22.35/21.73w 22.45i 22.29i/22.1 300 34.15i 300 34.15i 35.83i 400 45.82 400 45.82 46.38 46.81 47.13 47.56 600 1:16.22i 1:22.68i 1:17.59i 1:16.22i 600 1:18.8i 400H 47.84 51.18 51.06 49.49 49.38 50.02 49.85 49.89 48.66 47.84 400H 48.20 47.88 48.27 49.53 49.58 49.91 51.14

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2021 SEN Swansea
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	51.18				1	1			Birmingham (U)	University of Birmingham Track & Field Series	12 May 21
400H	51.66				7				Ostrava, CZE	World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level	19 May 21
400H	51.93				2				Copenhagen, DEN	Copenhagen Athletics Games	8 Jun 21
2020 SEN Swansea
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
600	1:22.68	i			8				Athlone, IRL	AIT Grand Prix	12 Feb 20
400H	51.06				4				Szekesfehervar, HUN	World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level	19 Aug 20
2019 SEN Swansea
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	49.49				1				Brussels, BEL	Belgian Championships	1 Sep 19
400H	49.67				2				Birmingham	British Championships	25 Aug 19
400H	49.80				1	h1			Brussels, BEL	Belgian Championships	31 Aug 19
400H	50.05				2				Gothenburg, SWE	Folksam Grand Prix	16 Aug 19
400H	51.12				2	h2			Birmingham	British Championships	24 Aug 19
400H	51.22				1				Loughborough	Loughborough EAP Open Meeting	6 Aug 19
0.4KNAD	0:49				4				Stockton-on-Tees	Great North City Games 400m	7 Sep 19
2018 SEN Swansea
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	49.38	A			1				Johannesburg, RSA	Grand Prix	1 Mar 18
400H	49.48				3				Olympic Park	Athletics World Cup	15 Jul 18
400H	49.49	A			1				Potchefstroom, RSA	ACNW Championships	27 Feb 18
400H	49.59				2				Goleniów, POL	Goleniów Athletics Park	20 Jun 18
400H	50.06				1				Birmingham	British Championships (Inc European Trials)	1 Jul 18
400H	50.08	A			1				Potchefstroom, RSA	ACNW League Meeting 4	20 Feb 18
400H	50.12				5				Praha, CZE	European Athletics Classic Meetings	4 Jun 18
400H	51.14				1	h4			Birmingham	British Championships (Inc European Trials)	30 Jun 18
400H	DNS				-	h1			Berlin, GER	European Championships	6 Aug 18
0.5KDH	1:05				11				Gateshead Quay	Great North City Games	8 Sep 18
2017 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	DNF	A			-				Pretoria, RSA	AGN Invitational League	11 Nov 17
2016 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	50.02				2	B			Luzern, SUI	Spitzen Leichtathletik	14 Jun 16
400H	51.16				2	h4			Birmingham	British Championships	25 Jun 16
2015 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
600	1:17.59	i			3				Montreal, CAN	Canadian Indoor Championship	21 Feb 15
400H	49.85				5				Olympic Park	IAAF Diamond League Sainsbury's Anniversary Games	25 Jul 15
400H	50.26				1				Bedford	CAU Inter-County Championships (Inc England Athletics Senior Championships)	2 Aug 15
400H	50.62				1	h3			Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	4 Jul 15
400H	50.77				1	h1			Bedford	CAU Inter-County Championships (Inc England Athletics Senior Championships)	1 Aug 15
400H	50.82				3				Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	5 Jul 15
2014 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400H	49.89				1				Budapest, HUN	Istvan Gyulai Memorial	8 Jul 14
400H	50.36				4	h3			Hampden Park	Commonwealth Games	30 Jul 14
2013 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
600	1:16.22	i			2				Emirates Arena	British Athletics International Match	26 Jan 13
400H	48.66				1				Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	13 Jul 13
400H	48.81				5				Rome, ITA	IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala	6 Jun 13
400H	49.25				5	s3			Moscow, RUS	IAAF World Championships	13 Aug 13
400H	49.39				2	2			Gateshead	European Athletics Team Championships	22 Jun 13
400H	49.55				5				Birmingham	IAAF Diamond League Sainsbury's Grand Prix	30 Jun 13
400H	49.79				4	h5			Moscow, RUS	IAAF World Championships	12 Aug 13
400H	50.51				1	h3			Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	12 Jul 13
2012 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400L	45.53				L3				Olympic Park	Olympic Games	10 Aug 12
400H	47.84				2				Paris, FRA	Samsung Diamond League	6 Jul 12
400H	48.10				2				Crystal Palace	Samsung Diamond League	13 Jul 12
400H	48.19				4	s1			Olympic Park	Olympic Games	4 Aug 12
400H	48.24				4				Olympic Park	Olympic Games	6 Aug 12
400H	48.96				2				Rabat, MAR	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme	27 May 12
400H	48.98				4				Oslo, NOR	Samsung Diamond League Bislett Games	7 Jun 12
400H	48.98				1	h3			Olympic Park	Olympic Games	3 Aug 12
400H	49.47				1				Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	23 Jun 12
400H	50.80				1	h3			Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	22 Jun 12
2011 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400	45.82				3				Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. World Trials	31 Jul 11
400	45.95				1	h2			Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. World Trials	30 Jul 11
400	46.29				4				Rabat, MAR	Meeting international Mohammed VI	5 Jun 11
400H	48.20				1				Birmingham	Samsung Diamond League viva British Grand Prix	10 Jul 11
400H	48.24				2				Rome, ITA	Samsung Diamond League	26 May 11
400H	48.26				1				Daegu, KOR	IAAF World Championships	1 Sep 11
400H	48.41				1				Lausanne, SUI	Samsung Diamond League	30 Jun 11
400H	48.43				3				Monaco, MON	Samsung Diamond League	22 Jul 11
400H	48.47				2				Ostrava, CZE	Zlatá Tretra	31 May 11
400H	48.52				1	h1			Daegu, KOR	IAAF World Championships	29 Aug 11
400H	48.62				1	s2			Daegu, KOR	IAAF World Championships	30 Aug 11
400H	48.78				2				Brussels, BEL	Samsung Diamond League	16 Sep 11
400H	49.07				3				New York NY, USA	Samsung Diamond League	11 Jun 11
400H	49.21				1	r2			Stockholm, SWE	Spar European Team Championships	18 Jun 11
2010 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
400	46.38				1				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	12 Jun 10
400	46.84				8				Gateshead	IAAF Diamond League Aviva British Grand Prix	10 Jul 10
400	48.23				1	h3			Cardiff	Welsh Championships	12 Jun 10
400H	47.88				1				Split, CRO	IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup	4 Sep 10
400H	48.12				1				Barcelona, ESP	European Championships	31 Jul 10
400H	48.26				2				Brussels, BEL	IAAF Diamond League Memorial Van Damme	27 Aug 10
400H	48.49				5				Lausanne, SUI	IAAF Diamond League Athletissima	8 Jul 10
400H	48.52				1				Delhi, IND	Commonwealth Games	10 Oct 10
400H	48.77				1				Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. European Trials	27 Jun 10
400H	48.96				2				Bydgoszcz, POL	European Athletics Festival	6 Jun 10
400H	49.05				2				Ostrava, CZE	Zlatá Tretra IAAF World Challenge Meeting	27 May 10
400H	49.05				3				Oslo, NOR	IAAF Diamond League Bislett Games	4 Jun 10
400H	49.09				3				Crystal Palace	IAAF Diamond League Aviva London Grand Prix	13 Aug 10
400H	49.48				1	s1			Barcelona, ESP	European Championships	29 Jul 10
400H	49.53				1	A			Bergen, NOR	European Team Championships	19 Jun 10
400H	49.98				1	h2			Delhi, IND	Commonwealth Games	9 Oct 10
400H	50.11				1	h4			Barcelona, ESP	European Championships	28 Jul 10
400H	50.93				1	h1			Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. European Trials	26 Jun 10
2009 SEN Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	21.6		0.0		4				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	13 Jun 09
200	22.25		-2.4		2	h3			Cardiff	Welsh Championships	13 Jun 09
400L	45.83				L3	h1			Berlin, GER	IAAF World Championships	22 Aug 09
400H	48.27				2	s2			Berlin, GER	IAAF World Championships	16 Aug 09
400H	48.62				1				Prague, CZE	Josef Odložil Memorial	8 Jun 09
400H	48.68				7				Berlin, GER	IAAF World Championships	18 Aug 09
400H	48.71				2				Bydgoszcz, POL	IX European Athletics Festival	10 Jun 09
400H	48.76				1	h4			Berlin, GER	IAAF World Championships	15 Aug 09
400H	48.78				3				Lucerne, SUI	Spitzen	15 Jul 09
400H	49.04				1	2			Monaco, MON	Herculis Meeting	28 Jul 09
400H	49.07				1				Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. World Trials	12 Jul 09
400H	49.19				3				Madrid, ESP	Meeting Madrid 2009	4 Jul 09
400H	49.26				1	2			Leiria, POR	Spar European Team Championships	20 Jun 09
400H	49.53				5				Crystal Palace	Aviva London Grand Prix	25 Jul 09
400H	49.81				1	3			Pavia, ITA	EAP Meeting	10 May 09
400H	50.23				1				Loughborough	McCain Loughborough International	17 May 09
400H	51.27				3				Padua, ITA	Meeting Citta' Di Padova	30 Aug 09
400H	51.37				1	h1			Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. World Trials	11 Jul 09
2008 U23 Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	21.73	w	2.7		5	A			Derby	British Athletics League National 2	16 Aug 08
200	22.35		-1.7		5	A			Swansea (SL)	British Athletics League National 2	2 Aug 08
400H	49.53				1				Rovereto, ITA	Quercia	10 Sep 08
400H	49.79				6				Madrid, ESP	Meeting Madrid	5 Jul 08
400H	50.07				4				Gateshead	Aviva Grand Prix	31 Aug 08
400H	50.17				5				Lucerne, SUI	Spitzen	16 Jul 08
400H	50.37				3				Dubnica, SVK	Athletics Bridge Meeting	7 Sep 08
400H	50.86				1				Tampere, FIN	Tampere Games	11 Jun 08
400H	51.0				1	A			Abingdon	British Athletics League National 2	7 Jun 08
400H	51.08				3				Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	13 Jul 08
400H	51.82				1	h1			Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	12 Jul 08
400H	52.62				1	A			Derby	British Athletics League National 2	16 Aug 08
2007 U23 Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
60	7.10	i			4				Cardiff	UWIC Grand Prix 2 & Inter University Match	20 Jan 07
200	22.45	i			1	1			Cardiff	UWIC Grand Prix 2 & Inter University Match	20 Jan 07
400	46.81				1				Bedford	BUSA Championships	7 May 07
400	47.26	i			2	A			Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	11 Mar 07
400	47.35	i			1	5			Vienna, AUT	Indoor Classic Vienna	30 Jan 07
400	47.56	i			6	2			Birmingham	Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix	17 Feb 07
400	47.57	i			1	2			Budapest, HUN	Budapest International Meeting	26 Jan 07
400	47.90	i			1	s3			Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	10 Mar 07
400	48.02	i			3	B			Stockholm, SWE	GE Galan	20 Feb 07
400	48.10	i			1	1			Bratislava, SVK	Elán Indoor Meeting	28 Jan 07
400	48.4	i			1	A			Cardiff	Welsh Open Senior Championships	13 Jan 07
400	48.63	i			4	h5			Sheffield	Norwich Union European Indoor Trials	10 Feb 07
400	48.80				1	s2			Bedford	BUSA Championships	6 May 07
400	48.92				1	h2			Bedford	BUSA Championships	5 May 07
400	49.78				5				La Laguna, ESP	La Lugana, ESP	16 Jun 07
400	50.10	i			1	h2			Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	10 Mar 07
400H	49.58				1				Debrecen, HUN	European U23 Championships	14 Jul 07
400H	50.02				1				Palafrugell, ESP	Palafrugell, ESP	26 May 07
400H	50.41				1	h2			Debrecen, HUN	European U23 Championships	13 Jul 07
400H	DNS				-	h4			Sportcity	Norwich Union British Championships inc. World Trials	27 Jul 07
2006 U23 Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	11.1				1	1			Cheltenham	Cheltenham Mid-Summer Open	19 Jul 06
300	34.15	i			2				Birmingham	Representative Match	14 Feb 06
400	47.13				2				Bendigo, AUS	Bendigo, AUS	12 Mar 06
400	47.3				1	1			Cheltenham	Cheltenham Mid-Summer Open	19 Jul 06
400	47.64	i			1				Glasgow	DM Hall Scottish Indoor Championships	22 Jan 06
400	47.72	i			1				Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	26 Feb 06
400	48.11	i			sf				Glasgow	DM Hall Scottish Indoor Championships	22 Jan 06
400	48.29	i			1	1			Cardiff	Inter-University Match	15 Jan 06
400L	49.46	i			L1				Glasgow	Norwich Union Indoor International	28 Jan 06
600	1:18.8	i			1				Birmingham	Representative Match	14 Feb 06
400H	49.91				2				Bydgoszcz, POL	European Athletic Festival	1 Jun 06
400H	50.00				2	1			Geneva, SUI	AtletiCAGenève	11 Jun 06
400H	50.00				2				Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	16 Jul 06
400H	50.51				1	M			Loughborough	Loughborough International	21 May 06
400H	50.52				1				Swansea	British Athletics League National 2	3 Jun 06
400H	50.53				1				Birmingham	BUSA Championships	30 Apr 06
400H	50.66				1				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	18 Jun 06
400H	50.66				3	h2			Gothenburg, SWE	European Championships	9 Aug 06
400H	50.92				1				Riga, LAT	Riga Cup	27 May 06
400H	51.54				1	h1			Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	15 Jul 06
400H	52.21				1	h3			Birmingham	BUSA Championships	29 Apr 06
2005 U20 Swansea/Cardiff Met Uni
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
200	22.1				2	B			Southampton	Divison 4	25 Jun 05
200	22.29	i			1				Cardiff	Cardiff Open	17 Dec 05
200	22.64	i			1	s4			Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	27 Feb 05
200	22.81	i			1	h6			Sheffield	BUSA Indoor Championships	27 Feb 05
200	22.83	i			ht				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	9 Jan 05
200	22.84	i			2				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	9 Jan 05
300	35.83	i			1	E			Birmingham	Services & Universities Match	10 Feb 05
400	47.56				1	1			Derby	U23 Inter Territorial (Cleveland Cup)	14 Aug 05
400	48.15					h			Cardiff	Welsh Championships	29 Aug 05
400	48.32				3				Manchester (SC)	UK Challenge Final	3 Sep 05
400	48.53				1				Cardiff	Welsh U20 Championships	18 Jun 05
400	48.68				1				Bedford	Division 4	30 Jul 05
400	49.0				1				Southampton	Divison 4	25 Jun 05
400	49.02				5				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	29 Aug 05
400H	51.14				2				Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	23 Jul 05
400H	51.66				2	s1			Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	22 Jul 05
400H	52.19				2				Bedford	AAA U20 / U23 Championships	3 Jul 05
400H	52.20				1	h3			Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	21 Jul 05
400H	52.47				2				Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
400H	52.66				3	h3			Sportcity	AAA Championships inc. Senior Invitation	9 Jul 05
400H	52.89				2				Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	22 May 05
400H	52.90				3				Bangor (NI)	North Down International Games	24 Jun 05
400H	53.60				3	h3			Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
400H	53.88				2	h1			Bedford	AAA U20 / U23 Championships	2 Jul 05
400H	54.01				1				Cardiff	SIAB Schools International	12 Jul 05
400H	54.05				1				Bedford	Division 4	30 Jul 05
400H	55.03				1				Cardiff	Welsh U20 Championships	18 Jun 05
400H	55.32				4				Cardiff	Welsh Championships	29 Aug 05

Total Performances: 182

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