Jacob Paul

Jacob Paul
	Jacob Paul during the Loughborough International Athletics, 2013
Personal information
Born	6 February 1995; Banstead, Surrey, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain, England
Sport	Hurdling

Jacob Paul (born 6 February 1995) is a British hurdler who competed for England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Personal life

Paul is from Banstead, Surrey. He studied at the University of Bath,[1][2] and graduated in 2016.[3]

In the 2010 season, he led the under-17 decathlon rankings, before choosing to switch to hurdling.[4] He has competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man, finishing fourth, and also the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[4][5] at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships, Paul came third in the 400m hurdles event.[6] He competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade, finishing third in his semi-final and missing out on the final by one place.[7][1] In 2017, Paul came second in the British Championships, in a personal best time of 49.49, which was the first time he had run under 50 seconds.[3] In the same year, he came fifth in the European U-23 Championships.[8][9][10]

Paul received a late call up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia after long jumper Greg Rutherford withdrew from the Games.[2][11] The Games were Paul's first major senior championship.[9] In 2019, Paul won the 400 metres hurdles event at the British Athletics Championships.[12]

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