Sebastian William Gregory Rodger (born 29 June 1991) is a British athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. In 2013, he won a silver medal at the European U23 Championships and reached the semifinals of the World Championships. He also competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Biography Rodger, who was born in Brighton, began concentrating on the 400 metres hurdles in 2011, having previously been a decathlete with a personal best score of 7200 points in 2010. His personal best in the 400 metres hurdles is 49.19 seconds set in Tampere in 2013, when winning a silver medal at the European U23 Championships. He was a semi-finalist at the 2013 World Championships.
In June 2016, he became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the 2016 British Athletics Championships in 49.45 secs, before running a season's best of 49.29 in Oordegem in July to seal Olympic selection.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, he represented Great Britain, where he was eliminated in the heats running 49.54 secs.
Competition record Representing and 2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada3rd4x400 m relay3:06.492013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland2nd400 m hurdles49.19World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia15th (sf)400 m hurdles49.322014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom13th (h)400 m hurdles50.71European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland11th (sf)400 m hurdles49.472016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (h)400 m hurdles49.542018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4th (h)4x400 m relay3:05.29European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (h)400 m hurdles51.30
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