David King (athlete)

David King
Personal information
Full name David Matthew King
Born (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994
Plymouth, Devon, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 110 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club City of Plymouth Athletics Club[2]
Coached by James Hillier (2012–)
Stephen Endacott (–2012)

David King (born 13 June 1994) is an English athlete specialising in the high hurdles.[3] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing from the first round.

His personal bests are 13.48 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.2 m/s, Bydgoszcz 2017) and 7.63 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Birmingham 2017).[4]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 8th (h) 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 13.741
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 110 m hurdles 13.90
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 15th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.54
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 11th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.70
World Championships London, United Kingdom 33rd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.67
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 18th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.70
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 10th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.74
European Championships Berlin, Germany 13th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.55

1Did not start in the semifinals

References

  1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. Power of 10 profile
  3. David King at IAAF
  4. All-Athletics profile


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