Julian Walsh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Julian Walsh

Japanese Jamaican sprinter

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1996

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Japan, Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Julian Walsh

  • Julian Jrummi Walsh (?????·?????·???? Uorusyu Jurian Jamii, born 18 September 1996 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born Japanese track and field athlete competing in the sprints.
  • He is the son of reggae drummer Emanuel Walsh (Pablo Moses, the Mighty Diamonds, Garnett Silk and John Holt), who married a Japanese woman and has lived in Japan for almost 20 years.
  • Walsh moved to Japan as a toddler and grew up in Higashimurayama.
  • He started running track in 10th grade, but his school had no facilities to practice on and no coach.
  • He couldn't take track seriously until the following year.
  • After two seasons, he led off the Japanese silver medal winning relay team at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
  • That same summer he moved into senior level competition, anchoring the Asian-Pacific 4x400 metres relay team at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.
  • Two years later, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the 400 metres, by running a 45.35 at the Japanese Olympic Trials in Nagoya at age 19.

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