Joel Milburn (born 17 March 1986) is an Australian Dual Olympic 400 m sprinter, Olympic Finalist, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and World Championships Bronze Medalist. His Personal Best time for the 400 m is 44.80 seconds which he achieved in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Joel won the Australian National 400 m Championship in 2008.
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 overallAussie 400m young guns Milburn and Wroe miss Olympic final 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 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 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 +1.3 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.
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