Andrew Pozzi

Andrew Pozzi
Andrew Pozzi in Belgrade 2017
Full name	Andrew William Pozzi
nation	United Kingdom of England
birthday	15th May 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Stratford upon Avon , UK
size	191 cm
Weight	78 kg
Career
discipline	110 meter hurdles
Best performance	13.14 s
society	Stratford upon Avon
Trainer	Santiago Antúnez
status	active
Medal table
Indoor world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Indoor world championships gold Birmingham 2018 60 m hurdles  European Indoor Championships gold Belgrade 2017 60 m hurdles  Junior European Championships silver Tallinn 2011 110 m hurdles
last change: May 31, 2018

Andrew William Pozzi (born May 15, 1992 in Stratford-upon-Avon ) is a British hurdler who specializes in the 110-meter hurdles .

Career

Andrew Pozzi gained his first international experience at the 2009 Youth World Championships in Brixen , where he reached the semi-finals. Two years later he won the silver medal in 13.57 s at the European Junior Championships in the Estonian capital Tallinn . In 2012 he qualified for the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul , where he finished fourth with 7.58 s over 60 meter hurdles. During the season he qualified for the Summer Olympics in London , where he had to end his race early on the first lap .

In 2014 he again took part in the World Indoor Championships in Sopot , where he again finished fourth in the final in 7.53 s. Due to an injury, he was unable to contest any races for the entire outdoor season or 2015. In 2016 he reached the final at the European Championships in Amsterdam , but did not compete there. He qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated with 13.67 s in the first semifinals .

In 2017, he won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 7.51 seconds, just beating Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde . This was followed by participation in the World Championships in London, where he was eliminated with 13.28 s in the semi- finals. In 2018 he celebrated his greatest success to date by winning the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 7.46 s. In April 2018 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time , finishing seventh in 13.53 s.

In 2012 and 2016 as well as 2018 Pozzi was British champion over 110 meter hurdles and in 2014 and between 2016 and 2018 indoor champion over 60 meter hurdles.

Personal bests

• 110 m hurdles: 13.14 s (−0.1 m / s), July 1, 2017 in Paris
  • 60 m hurdles (hall): 7.43 s, February 18, 2017 in Birmingham

Web links

Commons : Andrew Pozzi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andrew Pozzi in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Andrew Pozzi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result list of the U20 European Championships in Tallinn 2011
2. ^ Result list of the European Championships in Amsterdam 2016