Georgia Helen Griffith (born 5 December 1996) is an Australian
middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
.
Early years
Griffith in her mid-teens decided to take her athletics seriously and commenced regular training. Just days after her 17th birthday she won the 2013 Australian All Schools Championships 800m gold medal in a time of 2:09.
Achievements
Griffith has represented Australia at the:
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2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene (USA) in both the
800m and
4 × 400m relay. She placed 4th in the 800m and made the finals in the relay
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2017 World Championships in London (UK) in both the
800m and
1500m
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2017 World University Games in Taipei (Taiwan) in the 800m, where she came 4th
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2018 Commonwealth Games
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on the Gold Coast (Australia) in both the
800m and 1500m, where she came 5th in
1500m
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2019 World University Games in Naples (Italy) in the
1500m, where she came 2nd
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2019 World Athletics Championships
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in Doha (Qatar) in the
1500m where she made the semi-finals
* In 2021, she was selected to represent Australia at the Tokyo (Japan)
Olympics
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in the
1500m She came 14th in the heat with a time of 4:14.43.
Her current personal bests for the 800m are 2:00.13
and for the 1500m, 4:04.17.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Georgia
1996 births
Living people
Australian female middle-distance runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
Sportspeople from Canberra
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Australia
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade silver medalists for Australia
Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory