Jemima Montag (born 15 February 1998) is an Australian

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. She came sixth in the final of the Women's 20 km walk in the

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in a time of 1:30.39. Montag studies science at the

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and works at a company that delivers food to underprivileged families, Montag is coached by former racewalker Brent Vallance.

Early years

Montag was born in

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, and is Jewish. She began taking part in

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when she was seven, encouraged by her mother, who was herself a hurdler. She was inspired by Cathy Freeman, as well as her contemporaries

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and Steven Solomon.Jemima Montag
Commonwealth Games 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-08. A

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, at age 15 was recognised for her wins at the state and national championships with the Australian 2013 Outstanding Jewish Junior Sportswoman of the Year Award. She made her first impact with a win in the under-20 section at the 2014

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. A global medal came later that May, as she placed twelfth in the

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at the

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and shared in the team bronze with Clara Smith and Elizabeth Hosking. She graduated high school from Wesley College in 2016.

Achievements

Montag earned selection for

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through a silver medal performance behind Beki Smith at the 2018 Australia and Oceania Race Walking Championships, setting a personal best of 1:31:26 hours in her second ever competitive outing over the 20 km distance. Montag was the gold medalist of the

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at the

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. She had been leading alongside fellow Australian Claire Tallent, but was assured of the win when Tallent was disqualified in the final stage of the race.Gullan, Scott (2018-04-08)
Claire Tallent disqualified while leading women’s 20km race walk, Jemima Montag claims gold
News.au. Retrieved 2018-04-08.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montag, Jemima 1998 births Living people Athletes from Melbourne Australian female racewalkers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Jewish female athletes (track and field) Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Universiade silver medalists for Australia People from East Melbourne Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from Victoria (state)

Early years

Achievements

International competitions

See also

References

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