Amy Cashin (born 28 July 1994) is an Australian Olympic athlete.
A
steeplechaser from
Victoria who studied at
West Virginia University, Cashin qualified for the delayed
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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after competition at the Stumptown Twilight meet in
Portland, Oregon in June 2021 by shaving 15 seconds off of her personal best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase run she was given a finishing time of 9:28.60.
Cashin ran the
where she finished eleventh in heat three in a time of 9:34.67.
She competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
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in
Budapest.
She won the Australian national championship title in Adelaide on
12 April 2024 in a time of 9:39.53. She competed at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.
Early years
Cashin grew up in
Werribee, a suburb of
Melbourne. She did gymnastics and running from an early age. Cashin was a gymnast from age 3 to 12 and again from 14 to 18. This was a supplement to her running. When 10 years of age she ran her school's cross country and her PE teacher suggested she take up athletics. She ran well in the steeplechase and in 2008, when 14 years of age, she won the Pacific School Games title.
Attended, Werribee Secondary College, Werribee Victoria
In 2013 Cashin was selected in the Australian team for the
World Cross Country Championships
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. She competed in the under-20 race. She left Australia an went to study at
West Virginia University. Here during 2013/14 she ran cross country and indoor track. But her 2014 season was cut short when she was concussed after a door shut on her head. After she recovered she ran a few 800m and 1500m races mid-year in 2019.
Personal life
Her brother Liam Cashin is also an athlete who won the gold medal at the
2022 Oceania Athletics Championships
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in the
3000 metres steeplechase
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Achievements
In 2017 Cashin ran 10:01 in her regional meet and qualified for her first NCAA. In 2018 she achieved across all her distances, 1500m, mile, 3000m, 5000m and steeplechase.
Cashin meanwhile completed her master's degree and commenced a Ph.D. in 2021, focusing on coaches' mental health.
She then seriously concentrated on the steeplechase and ran 9:48. She then ran a PB of 9:43.89 and then 9:28.60 in June which qualified her for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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1994 births
Living people
Olympic athletes for Australia
Olympic female steeplechase runners
West Virginia Mountaineers women's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Australian Athletics Championships winners
People from East Melbourne
Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Australian sportswomen