Joshua ("Josh") Ross (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian track and field sprinter.
Joshua Ross was born 9 February 1981 in Sydney, Australia. He spent his early childhood in south western Sydney and moved with his family to the Central Coast (New South Wales) at around age seven. He went to Woy Woy Public School and Henry Kendall High School. He is the third fastest Australian of all time, after Matt Shirvington and Patrick Johnson.
On the Central Coast, Ross attended Little Athletics and he won his first Australian title at age 10 in the long jump. Apart from the occasional school competition, however, he did not return to athletics until he was nineteen. During that time he played representative rugby league on the Central Coast.
Ross attracted immediate attention as a sprinter in 2003 when he comfortably won the Stawell Gift off a mark of seven metres. In 2005, he again won the Stawell Gift – this time from the honoured scratch mark time, becoming only the second athlete to achieve this feat (behind Madagascar's Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa in 1975) and the first Australian. He also became the third person ever to win the event twice.
Ears to the groundâ¦ears to the ground just waiting for the sound of footsteps..
Wheels to the roadâ¦wheels to the road hoping this will be my last stop
Abuse my heart for it's all I've left, leading me on this is what I getâ¦
I've give all everything is spent hang up a sign reading room for rentâ¦
â¦Just waiting for the sound of footstepsâ¦
Wheels to the roadâ¦wheels to the road hoping this will be my last stopâ¦