Georgia Harris (sprinter)

Georgia Harris

Personal information
Born	(2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  AUS Pacific Games 2023 Honiara 100 metres

Georgia Harris (born 10 June 2004) is an Australian sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 Pacific Games. ^[1]

Career

She competed for Australia at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in both the 200 metres and the women's 4 x 100 metres relay, in which the Australian team placed sixth overall in the final. ^{[2] [3] [4]} In April 2023, she lowered her personal best to 11.46 seconds in winning the Australian U20 Championships 100m race. She was also second in the 200m in 23.61. ^[5]

In November 2023, she won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara a time of 11.70 seconds, having also topped the qualifying lists in both the heats and semi-final. ^{[6] [7]}

She was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025. ^[8] In the first round of the 4 × 100 m relay she ran alongside Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards and Thewbelle Philp as they finished third in their heat with a time of 43.15, narrowly missing automatic qualification by 0.02 seconds. ^[9] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany. ^[10]

References

1. "Georgia Harris". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
2. "Meet the next generation of Australian athletics trailblazers". Olympics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
3. "AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TEAM CONFIRMED FOR CALI 2022". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
4. "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
5. "10 Juniors to keep an eye on from the Australia U20 Championships". Inside Athletics. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
6. "Pacific Games 2023: Australia celebrate double 100m wins in athletics". Olympics.com. 28 Nov 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
7. Hawkins, Koroi (29 November 2023). "Pacific Games 2023: Australia dominate blue ribbon events". rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
8. "A HISTORIC FIRST AS AUSTRALIA GETS SET TO CONTEST ALL SIX EVENTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". Athletics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
9. "AUSTRALIAN MIXED 4X400M RELAY TEAM PUNCH TICKETS TO TOKYO WITH OCEANIA RECORD". Athletics.com.au. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
10. "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.