Georgia Griffith

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Georgia Griffith
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Griffith in 2022
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1996-12-05) 5 December 1996 (age 28)
Canberra, Australia [1]
Education Monash University [2]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event(s)800 and 1500 metres
Clubmelbourne Track Club

Georgia Helen Griffith (born 5 December 1996) is an Australian middle-distance runner.

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Early years

Griffith in her mid-teens decided to take her athletics seriously and commenced regular training. Just days after her 17th birthday she won the 2013 Australian All Schools Championships 800m gold medal in a time of 2:09. [3]

Achievements

Griffith has represented Australia at the:

Personal bests

EventTimeLocationDateNotes
800 metres 1:59.22 Pfungstadt, Germany20 August 2025
1000 metres 2:34.50 Melbourne, Australia6 March 2025then a NR & AR
1500 metres 3:58.25 Budapest, Hungary12 August 2025#3 Australia all-time*
1500 metres indoors4:00.80 Nanjing, China23 March 2025 AR *, NR *
Mile 4:27.81 London, UK14 May 2022#8 Australia all-time*
2000 metres 5:28.82 Monaco,12 July 2024#2 Australia all-time*
3000 metres 8:24.20 Oslo, Norway30 May 2024 AR *, NR *
5000 metres 14:32.82 London, UK19 July 2025#2 Australian all time*

References

  1. "2018 CWG bio". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. "Georgia Griffith". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14". worldathletics.org.
  5. "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14". worldathletics.org.
  6. "800 Metres Startlist | IAAF World Championships London 2017". worldathletics.org.
  7. "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Championships London 2017". worldathletics.org.
  8. "29th Summer Universiade - Taipei City 2017 - Main Results". fisu.net.
  9. "Athletics | Result Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. "Athletics | Result Women's 1500m Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. "30th Summer Universiade - Napoli 2019 - Main Results". fisu.net.
  12. "Oceania Championships, Townsville (AUS), 25–28 JUN 2019". worldathletics.org.
  13. "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". worldathletics.org.
  14. "Biggest Australian Athletics Team for Overseas Olympics Finalised". athletics.com.au. 2 July 2021.
  15. "1500m result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.