Joel Fearon
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 35)
Coventry, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportBobsleigh
ClubGB Team
Coached byMichael Khmel
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Four man

Joel Fearon (born 11 October 1988) is a British sprinter and bobsledder. He represents the Birchfield Harriers and he is recognisable in the National Trials for wearing a black vest and lycra shorts. His coach is Michael Khmel, who also coached British Sprinter Craig Pickering.[1] His personal best for the 100m, 9.96 seconds, places him 6th on the UK all-time list.[2]

In addition to pursuing a sprinting career, Fearon has also competed in bobsleigh since November 2011, and was part of the Great Britain crews that finished fifth in the four man event at the FIBT World Championships in February 2013,[3] and second at the Bobsleigh European Championship in January 2014.[4] His team originally finished fifth in the Sochi Winter Olympics,[5] but were subsequently upgraded to bronze medal position after two Russian crews were disqualified for doping violations.

In October 2019, it was reported that Fearon would compete for Switzerland during the 2019-2020 bobsled season on a year long "loan".[6] He would go on to win a bronze medal at the Europe Cup in Königssee, Germany in December 2019.[7]

In June 2021, Following an anti-doping violation by Russia's Alexander Kasjanov, Fearon's quartet was upgraded to bronze medallists from the World Cup race in Lake Placid in January 2016.[8]

Event Personal Best UK ranking
60m 6.63 secs 2nd in 2011
100m 9.96 secs 1st in 2016
200m 21.4 secs 12th in 2009 (U23)

References

  1. ^ "London calls as Dasaolu bids to find his fitness". Croydon Advertiser. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "UK 100m Men All Time Records". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Bobsleigh – Fearon to hide from Britain's bobsleigh rivals". Yahoo! Sports. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hope, Nick (26 January 2014). "GB bobsleigh quartet warm up for Sochi 2014 with silver medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Sochi 2014: GB miss out on medal in four-man bobsleigh". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ Nick Hope (16 October 2019). "GB Olympic bobsledder Joel Fearon to join Switzerland on temporary basis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  7. ^ Nick, Hope. "Team GB Olympic medallist Joel Fearon wins bronze for Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Great Britain earn World Cup bobsleigh gold upgrade after Russian doping violation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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