James Nipperess (born 21 May 1990) is an Australian long distance runner who specialized in the

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

. He won 6 Australian titles in the 3000m steeplechase, and also won an Australian Cross Country Championship. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 1:49.61 (Sydney 2009) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:41.01 (Melbourne 2009) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 7:55.79 (Sydney 2020) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 13:56.55 (Hobart 2009) *

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

– 8:30.13 (Sydney 2021)

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James Nipperess
at Australian Athletics Historical Results * 1990 births Living people Australian male middle-distance runners Australian male steeplechase runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub