Regan Danae Lamble (born 14 October 1991) is an Australian athlete. She was selected to represent Australia at the

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and the

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in the 20 km Road Walk race.

Personal

Lamble was born on 14 October 1991 in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the suburb of Box Hill. She grew up in the Melbourne suburb of

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and attended Laburnum Primary School, then went to high school at Strathcona Girls Grammar, where she was a school captain in her final year. She moved to Canberra in 2009 after she finished high school. She started a Bachelor of Graphic Design degree at the

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in 2011. She has also studied art history at the

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and is currently completing post-graduate studies at the University of Melbourne. She was the

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commentator for the men's 50 km walk at the 2011 IAAF World Championships. , she currently lives in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Lamble is tall and weighs .

Athletics

Lamble competes in the 20 km Road Walk event. Lamble competes in club competitions for Melbourne University Athletics Club. She has an athletics scholarship with the

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, earning a scholarship in 2009. While training at the Australian Institute of Sport, her training partners include

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and

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. She is coached by Brent Vallance. She has also been coached by Simon Baker, and Dave Blackwood. Lamble competed at the 2010 World Junior Athletics Championships in Moncton, Canada, where she finished in seventh place. In April 2011, she competed in Taicang, China, where she set her first Olympic A Qualifying time in the 20 km Road Walk event. At the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Korea, Lamble finished 15th in the 20 km Road Walk event with a time of 1:33.38 in her Australian national team debut race. Lamble came 16th at the

in the 20 km Road Walk event and came 9th at the

in the same event.

References

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