19 Facts About Andrew Pozzi

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Andrew William Pozzi was born on 15 May 1992 and is a British hurdling athlete.

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Andrew Pozzi was the 2018 indoor World Champion at 60 metres hurdles.

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Andrew Pozzi was the 2012 UK 60m and 110m Champion and holds the record for the fastest ever time run by a UK junior hurdler.

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On 26 November 2011, Andrew Pozzi won "Outstanding Athlete of the Year" at the UK Athletics Awards.

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Andrew Pozzi was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire on 15 May 1992.

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Andrew Pozzi attended St Gregory's Catholic Primary School in Stratford and later St Benedict's High School in neighbouring town Alcester.

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Andrew Pozzi begun his career competing for Stratford AC, of which he is still a first-claim member.

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Andrew Pozzi currently holds the record for the fastest ever time run by a UK junior hurdler, setting the record at the Bauhaus Junior Gala in Manheim, Germany, on 3 July 2011.

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Andrew Pozzi won a Silver medal at the 2011 European Junior Athletics Championships in Tallinn, Estonia with a time of 13.57s and immediately began focusing on making the transition from junior events to senior competitions.

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Andrew Pozzi started life as a senior athlete well, winning his first 7 races and clocking a new personal best of 7.62 over 60m hurdles at the Birmingham Games.

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Andrew Pozzi performed well, finishing 7th in the final after automatically qualifying by coming 3rd in his heat with a time of 7.62.

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Andrew Pozzi was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, his first senior International representation.

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Andrew Pozzi was the only British male sprint hurdler selected.

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Andrew Pozzi surpassed expectations by winning his heat, beating Liu Xiang in the process, with a new personal best of 7.61s which made him fastest qualifier.

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Andrew Pozzi continued to impress by finishing second in the semi-finals with another personal best of 7.56s making him the second fastest British 19-year-old ever, just 0.01s behind Colin Jackson's record.

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Andrew Pozzi finished 4th in the final with a time of 7.58s.

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On 7 May 2012, Andrew Pozzi won gold at the BUCS championships at the Olympic Stadium, London.

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Andrew Pozzi went on to win in the final with an even better time of 13.35s, making him the fastest European 19-year-old over 110m hurdles of all time.

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Andrew Pozzi was selected to compete for Team GB after winning the British Olympic Trials on 24 June 2012.