Aaron Rouge-Serret (born January 1988) is an Australian former

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who competed as a sprinter. Raised in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Rouge-Serret is the son of a

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably I ...

-born butcher and attended

Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...

. In 2005 he was the Australian All Schools Champion in both the 100 and 200 metre sprints. Rouge-Serret, who had a personal best in the 100 metres of 10.17 seconds, was coached by

Neville Sillitoe Neville John Sillitoe (24 April 1925 – 20 June 2021) was an Australian athletics coach. Sillitoe competed for the Coburg Athletic Club. Upon his retirement, he took up athletics coaching and helped lay the foundations for one of the most ...

. In 2010, Rouge-Serret came fifth in the 100 metres final at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

in Delhi and was seventh in the 100 metres at the IAAF Continental Cup in Split, Croatia. Rouge-Serret represented Australia in three editions of the World Athletics Championships.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouge-Serret, Aaron 1988 births Living people Australian male sprinters Athletes from Melbourne Australian people of Mauritian descent People educated at Caulfield Grammar School World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian Athletics Championships winners