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Australia At The 2019 World Athletics Championships
Australia will compete at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. Australia will be represented by 59 athletes. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26. Medalists Results Men ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events – 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, DecathlonWomen ;Track and road events ;Field eventsReferences {{Nations at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2019 World Athletics Championships 2019 in Australian sport, World Championships in Athletics Australia at the World A ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha or its surrounding Suburb, suburbs. Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country's capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence from being a History of Qatar#British protectorate .281916.E2.80.931971.29, British protectorate. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is considered a beta-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Doha accommodates Education City, an area devoted to research and education, and Hamad Medical City, an administrative area of medical ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart McSweyn
Stewart McSweyn (born 1 June 1995) is an Australian long-distance runner. He competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and managed to qualify for the Men's 1500m final. He came third in his heat with a time of 3:36.39 and qualified for the semifinals. Here he came fifth with a time of 3:32.54. This time was good enough for him to qualify for the final. His time of 3:31.91 earned him seventh place. McSweyn also represented his country in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships. In April 2018, he represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. He came 5th in the 5000m final and 11th in the 10,000m final. He was the first Australian in both events. Early years McSweyn, grew up on a beef and sheep farm on King Island (population 1600) in the middle of Bass Strait, south of Melbourne, Victoria. There was no high school on the island and he boarded at Ballarat in Victoria. Being away from home at a young age, he built resilience w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Halpin
Ian Haplin (also spelled Ian Halpin; born 20 April 1993) is an Australian 400m sprinter. Haplin is a member of Blue Mountains Athletics Club. He claimed a gold medal at the 2019 Australian Athletics Championships, as part of the men’s New South Wales 4x400 metre relay and has been recently selected to represent Australia in the 2019 IAAF World Relays Championships in Yokohama, Japan. Where he raced as part of the mixed 4x400m relay team, that placed 4th in their heats with a time of 3:03.53. Haplin earned selection for the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha. He ran as part of the Australian 4x400m Men's relay team who placed 7th in their heats, with a time of 3:05.49s. On 10 March 2019, he established his personal best in 400 m to 46.39. He won two gold medals at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Goodwin (athlete)
Murray Goodwin (born 16 January 1987) is an Australian athlete. Personal life Goodwin was born on the Gold Coast in Queensland. His father was a national level 800m runner. Goodwin completed a teaching degree at university and became a physical education teacher at Varsity College. Soccer career Goodwin began playing soccer at the local level for Burleigh Heads in 2005 and regularly switched clubs, including stints with and Merrimac, Mudgeeraba and Surfers Paradise. At his highest level, Goodwin played semi-professional soccer in 2010 for the Gold Coast Stars in the Queensland State League, one step below the professional A-League. In 2012 he was a part of the undefeated Merrimac team that won the Gold Coast Premier League. Athletics career Goodwin grew up competing in athletics events on the Gold Coast and set several city records in the process. He quit athletics in 2005 to focus on his university studies and began playing soccer. In 2014, at 27 years of age, Goodwin re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Beck
Alexander (Alex) Beck (born 7 February 1992) is an Australian Olympic athlete. He is a three time defending National champion. Beck was selected to represent Australia in the men's 400 metres at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. He ran a personal best of 45.54 to finish sixth in his heat. At the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships Beck won the gold medal in the 400 metres race. Beck reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a run of 45.99. Early years From Benowa, Queensland, Beck was aged 16 when he came third in the 400 metres at the Australian Junior Championships. Following that, selection on the Australian World Youth team in 2009 followed and selection for the World Junior Championships the following year. Beck was selected for the Moscow 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships where he was a member of the team that ran the 4 x 400 metres relay. Beck then competed for Australia in the 4 x 400 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October 2019. Summary Kenya considers the steeplechase to be their national sport. With defending champion Conseslus Kipruto, they qualified four to the final. the USA, with two Kenyan ex-pats and Ethiopia, also qualified all three of their entrants. This was only the second major championship since 2007 without perennial medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. Kipruto almost didn't make it. A stress fracture in April would sideline him for months, but he builds a primitive swimming pool at his home in Mosoriot Kenya to do aqua training until he could run again. While they are a neighboring long-distance running rival, Ethiopia does not have the same successful track record in the steeplechase, but was encouraged by Getnet Wale winning the 2019 IAAF Diamond League. Here the Ethiopians took to the lead. Chala Beyo took the point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Buckingham
Ben Buckingham (born 8 November 1991) is an Australian track and field athlete who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Early years Buckingham grew up on a 600-acre cattle farm and started serious running at the age of 10 with his mother. When he was 18 years of age he left his hometown of Myrtleford, Victoria to go to the University of Melbourne. Buckingham continued his running and came third in the 2010 National U20 steeplechase. Buckingham made his international debut at the 2010 World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia, competing in the junior race. After completing his studies he ran 8:03 (3000m) and 8:54 (steeple) and was placed third in the national championships in the summer of 2016.2017. In 2019 he dropped to 7:54.00 (3000m) and 8:27.51 (steeple) and won the Oceania Championships. Achievements Buckingham completed his second degree (Juris Doctor/law and Arts - history/international relations) at the age of 25 in 2016. He trained full time for si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 Metres Hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October. Summary Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane. In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (born 22 September 1991) is a French athlete who specialises in the sprint hurdles. Born to a French father and a mother from the Ivory Coast, he has written his name in his country's record books. He is a three-time me ... was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Hough
Nicholas Hough (born 20 October 1993) is an Australian sprinter and hurdler. Early years In 2011, Hough graduated from The King's School, Parramatta where he was the School Captain. In his HSC, he came equal fifth in the state in Software Development. Hough was an all-rounder, competing in sprints, hurdles, jumps and the shot put. Hough made his international debut aged 16 at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Two years later he competed at the IAAF World Junior Championships winning silver in the 110m hurdles. In 2013 Hough ran his lifetime bests in the sprints (10.39/20.66), securing semi-final places at the World University Games. He was then invited to run in the team for the national 4x100m relay at the World Championships. Achievements At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Hough won the 110 metres hurdles in a new personal best of 13.37 seconds. He narrowly edged ahead of Dongqiang Wang of China and Jussi Kanervo of Finland to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon
The men's marathon was one of the road events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Due to the heat in Doha, the race was scheduled to begin at 23:59 on 5 October 2019. Even with the unusual timing, high temperatures were expected to provide difficult conditions for running, but in the end temperatures dropped to around and 50% humidity. The race was won by Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia in , followed four seconds behind by his compatriot Mosinet Geremew. Amos Kipruto of Kenya was third in 2:10:51. The marathon was held on Doha Corniche, and consisted of six laps of a roughly floodlit course. Derlis Ayala of Paraguay broke away from the start, and led the race until he was caught by a pack consisting of Desisa, Geremew, Geoffrey Kirui, Kipruto, Stephen Mokoka and Zersenay Tadese just before the halfway mark. Mokoka and Tadese attempted to speed away from the pack a few times, but were caught on each occasion. After , the pack began to splinter, and after Kiru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Spence (athlete)
Julian Spence (born 7 March 1986) is an Australian long-distance runner. In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 39th place. In 2018, he competed in the 2018 Berlin Marathon The 2018 Berlin Marathon was the 45th edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2018 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year. The men's race was won by Eliud Kipchoge, who set ... held in Berlin, Germany. References External links * Living people 1986 births Place of birth missing (living people) Australian male long-distance runners Australian male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tiernan
Patrick Tiernan (born 11 September 1994) is an Australian long-distance runner. While competing for Vilanova University, he won the 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. He has represented Australia in several global competitions, including the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He held the Australian record in the 10000 m from 2020 to 2022. Tiernan competes professionally for PUMA. Running career Youth Tiernan was born in Longreach, a town in Queensland, Australia. He spent his formative years in Toowoomba, also in Queensland, where he took up distance running while attending St. Joseph's College, Toowoomba. In July 2012, he won the 10 kilometres race that was part of the Gold Coast Marathon. College Cross country Tiernan competed for the Wildcats at Villanova University, where he earned All-American honors at each NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in which he competed. As a freshman in 2013, Tiernan placed ninth, beating 244 other runners. He finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
