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| Born | 13 July 2000 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ella Connolly (born 13 July 2000) is an Australian sprinter. [2]
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She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics [3] and at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, with the latter Australian team and this Connolly winning the silver medal.
Connolly was the national 100 m and 200 m champion in 2022 and part of the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team which set a championship record in winning the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. She made her individual debut at the World Athletics Championships in 2022 in the 200 metres. A couple of weeks later, Connolly was part of the Australian sprint relay team which finished third in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Connolly was a member of the relay teams that broke the Australian 4 × 100 m record three times in 2024: first in March at the Sydney Track Classic; then in May in the heats of the World Relay Championships in the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas; [4] and then in July at the London Diamond Leagues Athletics Meet where they ran 42.48 seconds. [5]
She was Oceania 100 m champion in 2024 and competed in the individual 100 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay races at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris. [1]
