| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Race Walking | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 10 km 42:15.68 (Sydney, 2025) 20 km 1:28:10 (Bochum, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elizabeth McMillen (born 10 April 2004) is an Australian race walker. She won a gold medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games. [1]
McMillen started race walking at the age of 8 years-old, and was a multiple-time Australian national champion at age-group levels. [2]
A member of New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) as a scholarship athlete, McMillen competed for Australia’s at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya, Türkiye. [3]
McMillen won the gold medal competing at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, in the women's 20 km road walk in July 2025. [4] She won the title in 1:28:18, a personal best time that equalled the 10-year-old Games record and also led the Australian team to a silver medal in the team competition behind China, for whom Ning Jinlin and Ji Haiying won silver and bronze individual medals. [5] In September, she competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, placing 33rd overall in the 20km race walk. [6] [7]
In January 2026, McMillen won the senior Australian Athletics 10,000m Race Walking Championships, gaining automatic selection for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. [8]
