Joel Baden (born 1 February 1996) is an Australian

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er. A member of Australia's track and field squad at the

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and

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, he cleared an extraordinary 2.29-metre mark twice as his personal best at the 2014 junior national meet in Melbourne, and at the North Queensland Games in

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two months before his maiden Games. Baden currently trains for the

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's athletics club under the tutelage of his coach and mentor Sandro Bisetto. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, Baden competed for Australia, along with his fellow countryman

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, in the men's high jump. Booking a berth on the nation's track and field team for the Games, Baden jumped a height of 2.29 metres to match his personal best that he set two years earlier in

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and to attain the IAAF Olympic entry standard at the North Queensland Games in

. During the qualifying phase, Baden entered a height of 2.17 at his second attempt, but he could not trump the 2.20-metre barrier with all three failing attempts, ending his campaign quickly in a forty-first-place tie with Israel's

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Joel Baden
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Australian 2016 Olympic Team Profile
* * * * 1996 births Living people Australian male high jumpers Athletes from Melbourne World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub