Joel Milburn (born 17 March 1986) is an Australian Dual Olympic 400 m sprinter, Olympic Finalist, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and World Championships Bronze Medalist. His Personal Best time for the 400 m is 44.80 seconds which he achieved in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Joel won the Australian National 400 m Championship in 2008.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Joel competed in the Men's 400 m individual and Men's 4 x 400 m relay. He was a semi-finals of the individual 400 meters competition placing 13th overall and 5th in the 4 ÃÂ 400 m relay with a time of 3.00.02 after Russia was disqualified. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Joel won a gold medal in the 4 ÃÂ 400 m relay and placed 5th in the Men's 400 m individual final. Joel has represented Australia numerous times at the IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Commonwealth Games as well as the Asia-Pacific region (55 nations) at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the 4 ÃÂ 400 m relay.
Joel Milburn's Australian Caps and international representation:
Joel was arrested in Sydney on 17 October 2019 and accused of possessing a small amount of a prohibited drug. Charges were dismissed in court.
Joel completed a Psychology degree at Macquarie University in 2012 and has a Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He currently is employed in management in Cyber Security in Sydney for a large cyber security firm.