Josh Hoey

{{Short description|American track and field athlete (born 1999)}}

{{Infobox athlete

| image = 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres 06.jpg

| caption = Hoey at the 2025 World Indoor Championships

| nationality = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{bda|1999|11|01}}

| education = Bishop Shanahan High School

| sport = Track and field

| event = 800 meters, 1000 meters, mile

| club = Adidas

| coach = Justin Rinaldi

| pb = {{Small|All information from athlete's World Athletics profile.}}

{{UBL

| Outdoors

| 800 m: 1:42.43 (Stockholm 2025)

| 1500 m: 3:35.45 (Philadelphia 2025)

| Indoors

| 800 m: 1:43.24 {{AthAbbr|AR}} {{AthAbbr|NR}} (New York 2025)

| 1000 m: 2:14.48 {{AthAbbr|AR}} {{AthAbbr|NR}} (Philadelphia 2025)

| 1500 m: 3:33.66 (Boston 2025)

| Mile: 3:52.61 (Boston 2024)

}}

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

}}

Josh Hoey (born November 1, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. He is the 2025 world indoor champion in the 800 meters, and the American record holder in the short track 800 meters and 1000 meters, with times of 1:43.24 and 2:14.48 respectively.{{Cite web |title=Josh HOEY {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/josh-hoey-14695060 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=worldathletics.org}}

Career

= 2018–2024 =

Hoey attended Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. As a senior, he set the U.S. high school national record in the indoor 800 meters, with a time of 1:47.67 (since broken by Cooper Lutkenhaus in 2025).{{Cite web |last=Tysiac |first=Ashley |date=2025-01-22 |title=Bryce Hoppel, Josh Hoey To Face Off In 800m At Millrose Games |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13548507-bryce-hoppel-josh-hoey-to-face-off-in-800m-at-millrose-games |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=FloTrack |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Dan |date=2025-02-08 |title=Josh Hoey Sets 800m Indoor American Record at 2025 Millrose Games |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13678545-josh-hoey-sets-800m-indoor-american-record-at-2025-millrose-games |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=FloTrack |language=en}} He competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, running 1:48.07 in the semifinals of the 800 meters.{{Cite web |title=DyeStat.com - News - Josh Hoey Decides to Pass on Oregon and Turn Professional, Signing with adidas |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=541207 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.runnerspace.com}}

In 2018, originally intending to compete for the University of Oregon, Hoey turned pro after high school, signing with Adidas. He is one of three U.S. men's distance runners to turn pro immediately after high school, alongside Drew Hunter in 2016 and Hobbs Kessler in 2021. From 2018 to 2023, Hoey struggled to improve and cycled through five coaches, including Terrence Mahon (who had coached Hoey remotely since seventh grade), Matthew Centrowitz Sr., and Rana Reider, before finding success with Justin Rinaldi.{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2025-05-14 |title=How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part I: A Coaching Odyssey |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/05/how-josh-hoey-went-from-also-ran-to-world-indoor-champion-part-i-a-coaching-odyssey/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}

At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, Hoey finished fourth in the 800 meter final, with a personal best time of 1:44.12. A few weeks later at the Moore-Guldensporen Meeting in Belgium, Hoey improved his 800 meter personal best to 1:43.80. In September 2024, he competed in the Fifth Avenue Mile, finishing second to Josh Kerr in 3:48.9. In December 2024 at Boston University, Hoey ran a personal best of 3:52.61 in the indoor mile.{{Cite web |last=Ormond |first=Cameron |date=2025-01-21 |title=Would you try this record-breaking hill workout? |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/training/would-you-try-this-record-breaking-hill-workout/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Canadian Running Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=DyeStat.com - News - Josh Hoey Breaks American Record In Men's 1,000 Meters |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=670798 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.runnerspace.com}}

= 2025 =

On January 18, at the Quaker Invitational at the University of Pennsylvania, Hoey set a new American record in the short track 1000 meters, with a time of 2:14.48. This broke Shane Streich's previous record of 2:16.16 by almost two seconds. Hoey's time is the second fastest in indoor history, behind Ayanleh Souleiman's world record of 2:14.20.{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2025-01-22 |title=American Record Holders Bryce Hoppel & Josh Hoey to Square Off in Men's 800m at 2025 Millrose Games |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/01/american-record-holders-bryce-hoppel-josh-hoey-to-square-off-in-mens-800m-at-2025-millrose-games/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}

On February 2, Hoey won the 1500 meters at the New Balance Grand Prix, in a new personal best of 3:33.66, beating Olympians Grant Fisher and Olli Hoare.{{Cite web |title=DyeStat.com - News - Josh Hoey Keeps Momentum Going With Victory Over Grant Fisher In 1,500 Meters At New Balance Indoor Grand Prix |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=670919 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.runnerspace.com}} On February 8, Hoey won the 800 meters over Bryce Hoppel at the Millrose Games, winning in a new American record of 1:43.90, while Hoppel was just behind in 1:44.19.

On February 23, Hoey won a national title in the 800 meters at the 2025 USATF Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York City. He improved his area record and national record to 1:43.24, splitting 50.36 for the first 400 meters and 52.89 for the second 400 meters. This time places Hoey as the second fastest athlete of all time in the indoor 800 meters, with only Wilson Kipketer, who holds the world record of 1:42.67, having run faster.{{Cite web |last=Davern |first=John |date=2025-02-23 |title=Josh Hoey Sets American 800m Record, Wins Indoor National Title |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13805360-josh-hoey-sets-american-800m-record-wins-indoor-national-title |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=FloTrack |language=en}}

On March 23, Hoey won a world title in the 800 meters at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. Hoey was nearly caught at the finish line by Elliot Crestan of Belgium, but managed to remain 0.04 seconds ahead of Crestan to win in 1:44.77.{{Cite web |date=23 March 2025 |title=Hoey holds his nerve to take 800m gold in Nanjing |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-men-800m-report |website=World Athletics}}

On June 15, at the Stockholm Diamond League, Hoey set a new outdoor personal best in the 800 meters, with a time of 1:42.43.{{Cite web |title=Programme & Results – Stockholm |url=https://stockholm.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Hoey comes from a running family. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hoey family built a track on their family farm outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |title=Josh Hoey’s Dad Built a Track at Their Home During the Pandemic. Here’s How It Brought the Family Closer (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/josh-hoeys-dad-built-a-track-at-their-home-during-the-pandemic-heres-how-it-brought-the-family-closer-exclusive-11722519 |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=People.com |language=en}} Hoey often trains with his brothers Jonah and Jaxson. His father Fran is a financial advisor and former athlete that has invested in his sons' track careers.

Achievements and titles

= International competitions =

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scope="rowgroup" \|2025 ! scope="row" \|World Indoor Championships \|Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China \| style="text-align:center" bgcolor="gold" \|1st \|800 m \|1:44.77 \|

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scope="rowgroup" |2025

! scope="row" |World Indoor Championships

|Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China

| style="text-align:center" bgcolor="gold" |1st

|800 m

|1:44.77

= Circuit performances =

= National championships =

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" \|Year ! scope="col" \|Competition ! scope="col" \|Venue ! scope="col" \|Position ! scope="col" \|Event ! scope="col" \|Time !Ref
2024 !Olympic Trials \|Hayward Field, Eugene \|align=center\|4th \|800 m \|1:44.12 \|
scope="rowgroup" \|2025 ! scope="row" \|Indoor Track & Field Championships \|Ocean Breeze, New York City \| style="text-align:center" bgcolor="gold" \|1st \|800 m \|1:43.24 {{AthAbbr\|NR}} \|

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2024

!Olympic Trials

|Hayward Field, Eugene

|align=center|4th