Claudia Hollingsworth

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Claudia Hollingsworth
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:58.40 (Adelaide, 2024)NU20R
1500m: 4:04.45 (Adelaide, 2024)

Claudia Hollingsworth (born 12 April 2005) is an Australian athlete. In 2022, she became the Oceanic champion in the 1500 metres at 17 years old. In 2024, she became Australian champion and national under-20 record holder over 800 metres. [1]

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Early life

Hollingsworth was a student at Mentone Grammar and was a keen Australian rules football player, playing for the East Brighton Vampires and the Sandringham Dragons, and considered a future application to the AFL Women's draft process before deciding to focus on track and field athletics. Hollingsworth is coached by four-time Olympian and former world 5000m bronze medallist Craig Mottram. [2] [3]

Career

Hollingsworth was selected for the Australian team to compete in the 2021 World U20 Championships, but ultimately the team didn’t travel to Nairobi for the Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Hollingsworth was competing with Olympic standard athletes before she was sixteen years old. [5] In March 2021, Hollingsworth aged 15 ran the fastest ever time world wide for an U18 athlete in a 1000 metres race. [6]

Hollingsworth won the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres and was runner up in the 800 metres. [7] Hollingsworth was chosen to compete for Australia at the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres. Due to her young age Hollingsworth could only choose one distance race to compete in, and chose the 800 metres over the 1500 metres, but stated her desire to race the longer distance at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships. [8]

In Canberra in March 2024, Hollingsworth ran her third consecutive Australian and area under-20 record of 1:58.81 for the 800 metres. [9] In Adelaide in April 2024, she ran 1:58.40 to win the Australian Athletics Championships 800 metres race, and set a new national under-20 record. [10] In April 2024, she was selected for the Australian team for the 2024 Olympic Games. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH". Worldathletics.org. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Gleeson, Michael (12 July 2022). "Claudia's choice: teen star pauses AFLW dream for world athletics championships". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mentone Grammar Student Claudia Hollingsworth Has the Track and Field World Talking in the Countdown to the Tokyo Olympics". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Claudia Hollingsworth". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane Track Classic 2022 Oceania Athletics Association". Athletics-oceania.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Australian record to Hall, Youth best to Hollingsworth - Result Wrap 7 March 2021". Insideathletics.com. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand and Australia battle for sprint dominance in Mackay". Worldathletics.org. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Great experience for teen Hollingsworth". PerthNow.com.au. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Smythe, Steve (5 March 2024). "All-time lists rewritten in Japan and Aussie junior runs 1:58.81". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris". athletics.com.au. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Bilton, Dean (14 April 2024). "Australia names first Olympic athletics team members as Claudia Hollingsworth's breakout champs performance earns selection". abc.net. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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