Keely Small (born 9 June 2001) is an Australian middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

and at the

2019 Pacific Games The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The event was init ...

Career

Small competed in the women's 800 metres event at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

held in Gold Coast, Australia. In this event she did not advance to compete in the final. Later that year, she won the gold medal in the girls' 800 metres event at the

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Small was also her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2019, at the Pacific Games held in Samoa, she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event.

Personal life

Alpine skier

Greta Small Greta Small (born 16 October 1995) is an Australian alpine ski racer. She started skiing at Mt Hotham with the Mount Hotham Racing Squad; her main training base now is in the Tyrol region in Austria where she trains with Race Centre Benni Raic ...

is her cousin. Greta carried the Australian flag during the opening ceremony of the

2012 Winter Youth Olympics The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2012), officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, Austria, on 13–22 J ...

held in Innsbruck, Austria.

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* Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) Australian female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Australia Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Australian women Pacific Games gold medalists for Australia Pacific Games medalists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub