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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 27 January 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Sprint, Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m: 52.53 (Waco, 2024) 400m hurdles: 55.11 (Paris, 2024) |
Alanah Yukich (born 27 January 1998) is an Australian athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. [1]
She grew up on a farm in Gingin, Western Australia, a small town 78.3 kilometres north-west of Perth. She moved to United States to be a student-athlete at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and graduated in 2023. She continued to live and train in Texas where she is coached by Rose Monday. She has Croatian heritage. [2] [3]
She competed at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay. [4]
She won the 400m hurdles at the 2022 Conference USA outdoor track meet. [5]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the Australian team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [6]
In June 2024, she ran a personal best for the 400 metres hurdles of 55.15 seconds as she tried to achieve Olympic qualification, competing in five different countries in sixteen days. [2] She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, where she reached the semi finals. [7] [8]
She has also worked as a model. [9] She is of Croatian descent. [10]
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