Rohan Browning (born 31 December 1997 in Crows Nest) is an Australian sprinter. He represented his country in the

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at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. He also competed in the

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at the

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, narrowly missing the final. Rohan currently studies a Bachelor of Laws at the

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. On 16 January 2021, Browning ran the 100 metres in a

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time of 9.96 seconds with the

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being +3.3 m/s. This made Browning the second Australian sprinter ever to break the

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—after Patrick Johnson, who first broke the barrier back in 2003 with a time of 9.93 seconds. However, the tailwind meant that the run was not legal for record purposes. On 31 July 2021, Rohan ran a 10.01 in the heats of the

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. Winning Heat 7, he ran the fastest 100 metres ever by an Australian at the Olympic Games.

Early years

Being born on December 31, Browning called it "the worst birthday in sport." He was always younger than his rivals and athletics-wise was a late developer. He played local rugby and did one year of

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. When he was 16-years-of-age he started training for athletics. It was his move to Trinity Grammar School that gave him his impetus. This is where he met his current coach and Olympian Andrew Murphy. Under his guidance, Browning's skill developed and he ran 10.47 for the 100m and a wind assisted 10.18, before he was 17-years-old. His main rivals were Tasmanian Jack Hale and Trae Williams. Browning competed in the

trials and missed the final by one-thousandth of a second. After the games he did not compete again for 9 months due to an

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injury. In 2019 Browning ran 10.08, the equal third-fastest Australian ever. He was selected for the 2019 World Championships, Australia's first representative in the event for 12 years.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor: *

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– 10.01 (+0.8 m/s,

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; 31 July 2021) *

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– 20.71 (0.0 m/s, Canberra 2018)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Browning, Rohan 1997 births Living people Australian male sprinters Athletes from Sydney World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Olympic athletes for Australia 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales