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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 100m | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.53 (Adelaide, 2023) 100m: 11.30 (Sydney, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ebony Lane (born 8 November 1998) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]
Lane spent part of her childhood in the town of Echuca, in Victoria. [2] [3]
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 for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest to compete in the sprint relay. [6]
She lowered her 100m personal best to 11.33 seconds at the ACT Championships in January, 2024 in Canberra. [7]
Lane, along with Torrie Lewis, Bree Masters, and Ella Connolly were part of an Australian 4x100m relay team that set a national record of 42.94 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic in March 2024. [8] At the same event she lowered her individual 100m personal best to 11.30 seconds. [9] [10] She ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [11]
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. [12] [3]
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