After dabbling in the pentathlon and 800 metres, Minshull decided to become a one-lap hurdler and clocked the second-fastest time by a British athlete this season (48.87 seconds) in Belgium last month.
He is currently ranked 39th in the world.
“As I started running more, the hurdles seem to be good and I’m good at four [hundred metres flat]so why not try four obstacles?” he said.
“It’s not easy, especially when you come down this final stretch with a lactic [acid build up]. There is no other event like this, but I feel like by participating in multiple events I have the ability to jump hurdles.”
With the Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow before the European Championships are held for the first time in the UK, in Birmingham in August, Minshull said challenging the best in those events was “in his sights”.
“They’re both on my radar.
“The Commonwealths were in Australia before, so it’s a bit easier to be in Glasgow and Birmingham.
“Birmingham is like home to me.”
Minshull will also forget about a crash down the stretch as he looks set to win a medal at last year’s British Championships in Birmingham, when he competes on the same track.
“I crashed, but I felt like I paced the race very well. It was very windy on the backstretch and sometimes you can feel that here,” he said.
“I know how to deal with it, but I measured myself well in the first 200 and then I started to make progress down the stretch, but I felt so good that I literally got over hurdle 10.
“I hope I can make amends for that this year because I know gold was on the line last year, so it will definitely be up for grabs this year.”