Joel Milburn

Joel Milburn

Joel Milburn 2010 Commonwealth Games 400 m Semi Final
Personal information
Born	(1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 39) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m, 4 × 400 m relay
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Men's 4 × 400 metres relay World Championships Berlin 2009 4 × 400 m relay Universiade Bangkok 2007 4 × 400 m relay

Joel Milburn (born 17 March 1986) is an Australian Dual Olympic 400 m sprinter. His Personal Best time for the 400 m is 44.80 seconds which he achieved in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Joel is currently the 5th all time fastest Australian 400 m sprinter.

Joel won the Australian National 400 m Championship in 2008.^[1] He was then selected for the 400 m & 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he made the semi-finals of the individual 400 meters competition.^[2] He placed 13th overall in Beijing in the 400 m Individual and 5th in the 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3.00.02 after Russia was disqualified. Joel has represented Australia numerous times at the IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Commonwealth Games as well as the Asia-Pacific region (55 nations) at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the 4 × 400 m relay. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Joel won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay and placed 5th in the Men's 400 m individual final.

Personal Bests

Event	Result	Wind	Venue	Date
100 m	10.85	+1.3	Sydney	27.10.2007
200 m	21.09	+1.4	Sydney	27.03.2010
400 m	44.80		Beijing	18.08.2008
4 × 400 m Relay	300.02		Beijing	23.08.2010

Joel Milburn's Australian Caps and international representation:

• 2012 Olympic Games - London, England. - (DNS)
• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India. -
• 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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Results
2. Aussie 400m young guns Milburn and Wroe miss Olympic final

External links

• Joel Milburn at World Athletics
• Joel Milburn at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Joel Milburn at Olympics.com
• Joel Milburn at Olympedia
• Joel Milburn at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Joel Milburn at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)