Casey Wood (born 24 February 1989) is an Australian long-distance runner. [1]
In 2014, she won the Sydney City2Surf in a time of 47 minutes and 59 seconds. [2] In 2013, she won the "Sydney 10" race. [3]
Casey Wood (born 24 February 1989) is an Australian long-distance runner. [1]
In 2014, she won the Sydney City2Surf in a time of 47 minutes and 59 seconds. [2] In 2013, she won the "Sydney 10" race. [3]
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she had lit the Olympic Flame.
Dame Kelly Holmes is a retired British middle distance athlete, TV presenter and television personality.
The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published in tabloid or compact format on Sundays in Sydney by Nine Entertainment. It is the Sunday counterpart of the Sydney Morning Herald. In the six months to September 2005, The Sun-Herald had a circulation of 515,000. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, its circulation had dropped to 443,257 as of December 2009 and to 313,477 as of December 2010, from which its management inferred a readership of 868,000. Readership continued to tumble to 264,434 by the end of 2013, and has half the circulation of rival The Sunday Telegraph.
City2Surf is a popular road running event held annually in Sydney covering a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) course. The event is a "fun run" as well as a race, attracting both competitive runners and community participants who can choose to run or to walk. The event attracts more than 80,000 entrants who start in staggered groups based on previous running times and early entry.
Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and former Polish record, was 76.83 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Doha. She died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp.
Dickson Marwa Mkami is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. He competes in both track and road running. He represented Tanzania at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Olympic Games. He is the Tanzanian record holder for the half marathon with his best of 59:52 minutes.
Dani Stevens is an Australian retired discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event. She is the current national and Oceanian record holder.
Alana Quade is a former Australian pole vaulter and Olympian.
Claire Woods, also known as Claire Tallent, is an Australian racewalker.
Casey Sablowski is an Australian women's field hockey player. Sablowski plays as a midfielder.
Michael Shelley is an Australian long-distance runner who competes in track events and road races. He has won gold medals in the marathon event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, as well as the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia. He has also represented Australia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. On the road, he has won at the Gold Coast Half Marathon and the City2Surf race in Sydney.
Richard Nicholson is an Australian Paralympic powerlifter and athlete. He has competed at five successive Paralympic Games from the 1996 to 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 2000 Games, he won a silver medal in the powerlifting Men's Up to 60 kg event. In athletics, at the 2004 Athens Paralympics he won a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m T53–54 event and at the 2012 London Paralympics a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 400 m T53–54 event.
Jessica Stenson is an Australian athlete who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. As a long-distance runner, she competes in distances from 5000 metres up to the marathon. She represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the marathon.
Jake Lappin is an Australian para-athlete competing as a wheelchair racer. He represented Australia at the London 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke is an Australian hurdler and model. She won a silver medal for the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In 2012, she received worldwide media attention after her pre-race warm-up dance went viral on the internet and was featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Brad Milosevic is an Australian long-distance runner. He won the half marathon at the Oceania Marathon and Half Marathon Championships (2014) in 1:05:33. and the 2014 NSW Short Course Cross Country race. Major Titles & International CV: 2017 Nagoya City Half Marathon, Japan- Champion, 2016 NSW State Open Championships, 10,000m -Champion, 2015 Melbourne Marathon- Champion, 2015 Sydney City 2 Surf - Champion 2015 NSW State long-course & short-course XC Championships -(2nd) 2015 Nagoya City half marathon, Japan- Champion, 2014 Blackmores Sydney Australian half-marathon -Champion, 2014 Gold Coast Oceania half-marathon- Champion, 2014 Sydney City 2 Surf- (2nd), 2014 NSW State 5,000m - Champion, 2014 NSW State short course Cross-Country- Champion He was born in 1989 and grew up in Kings Langley near Sydney.
Cassie Fien is an Australian marathon runner.
Leanne Pompeani is an Australian long-distance runner. She competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 45th place.
Tara Palm is an Australian long-distance runner.
Harry Summers is an Australian long-distance runner.
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