Sport/Event >
Athletics, 400m Hurdles

Date and Place of Birth >
1986

Height >
1.86m

Coached by >
Malcolm Arnold

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
2008

Occupation >
Full time athlete

Biography >
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. David 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.

Competitive Record >
Domestic Championships Record
2005 - 2nd BUSA Championships 400m hurdles, 2nd AAA U20 Championships 400m hurdles
2006 - 1st BUSA Championships 400m hurdles, 1st BUSA Indoor Championships, 2nd AAA Championships 400m hurdles
2007 - 2nd BUSA Indoor Championships 400m, 1st BUSA Championships 400m
2008 - 3rd Olympic Trials 400m hurdles
2009 - 1st Aviva World Trials 400m hurdles

Major Championships Record
2009 - World Championships 400m hurdles 7th
2006 - European Championships 3rd h

Other noteworthy performances
2009 - 1st European Team Championships 400m hurdles
2007 - 1st European U23 Championships 400m hurdles
2005 - 2nd European Junior Championships 400m hurdles

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