Josh Ralph (athlete)

Joshua "Josh" Ralph is an Australian middle-distance runner. He competed in multiple World Athletics Championships, World Relay Championships and Commonwealth Games and is a current Oceanian Record holder in the 4 × 800 m.

Biography

Ralph was born in Sydney and started Little Athletics at North Rocks, New South Wales, when he was nine. He was educated at Newington College where he captained both Athletics and Cross Country teams. In 2013 Ralph won the Balmoral Burn, a charity event event created by ex-Wallaby Phil Kearns where participants run 420m up a steep street with a gradient of 14%. In 2014 he studied Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Sydney.
Ralph competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 800m, but missed the finals, breaking his foot during the heats.
In 2016 he narrowly missed out on selection for the Olympics, despite meeting the qualifying time.
Ralph also competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he ran the 800m and the 4x400m relay. He narrowly missed the final in the 800m, and the 4x400m relay team was disqualified after teammate Steve Solomon lined up in the wrong lane.
Ralph retired from professional athletics in 2021.