Ebony Lane

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Ebony Lane
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event 100m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 7.53 (Adelaide, 2023)
100m: 11.30 (Sydney, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Suva 100 m

Ebony Lane (born 8 November 1998) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]

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Early life

Lane spent part of her childhood in the town of Echuca, in Victoria. [2] [3]

Career

In January 2021, Lane set a new Victorian state record over 100 yards when she ran 10.59 seconds in Geelong, to finish ahead of Celeste Mucci and Mia Gross. [4]

In July 2023, Lane made her debut in a Diamond League event, competing in London at the 2023 Anniversary Games. [5] [3] In August 2023, Lane was part of the Australian squad selected to compete in the 4 x 100m sprint relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [6]

Lane first lowered her 100m personal best in 2024, to 11.33 seconds, at the ACT Championships in January, in Canberra. [7] She lowered it again to 11.30 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic in March 2024. [8] [9]

Also at the 2024 Sydney Track Classic, Lane, along with Ella Connolly, Bree Masters and Torrie Lewis, was in an Australian 4x100m relay team which set a new national record of 42.94 seconds. [10] Lane also ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which ran at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in early May. There they ran even faster than they had in March, 42.83, [11] [12] to qualify for both the final, finishing 5th, and the 4 x 100m relay event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life

Lane has a Diploma in Sports Development, and a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, and worked in childcare during the Covid-19 pandemic. [13] [3]

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References

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