Linden Hall (athlete)

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Linden Hall
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Linden Hall in Stockholm Diamond league (2022)
Personal information
Born (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 34) [1]
Sunbury, Victoria, Australia [2]
Education Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Florida State University
Monash University [3]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 1500 m
College team Florida State Seminoles [4]
ClubAthletics Essendon

Linden Hall (born 20 June 1991) is an Australian track and field middle-distance runner.

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Early years

Hall started running while in primary school in Victoria. While still in Grade 6, she came 11th in her first national championships in cross country. She also played netball and was a strong swimmer. However, she gave these away when she joined Essendon Athletics club and commenced regular athletics training with a coach.

After high school, from 2011 to 2015, Hall went to the US where she studied Dietetics at Florida State University. During her college athletics career, she ran in three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1500m finals and won bronze in 2014. [5]

Career

In 2016, Hall set a new PB of 4:04.47 in Palo Alto qualifying her for the Olympics. She was selected for the team and represented Australia in the 1500 metres. [1] She came 4th in her heat to qualify for the semifinal. In the semifinal she finished in 8th and did not advance to the final. [6]

Hall competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 1500 Metres, finishing in fourth and narrowly missing out on a medal. [7]

She also competed at the 2019 World Championships, making it to the semi-finals where she finished 10th, so did not advance to the final. [8]

In 2021, Hall ran under the 4-minute barrier for 1500 metres for the first time clocking a time of 3:59.67, becoming the first Australian woman to achieve this. [9] At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hall came third in both her heat and semi-final of the Women's 1500m, each time improving her time. She thus made the final of the 1500m, where she finished in 6th position with a personal best time of 3:59.01. [10]

Hall is a two time Australian national champion in the 1500m: in 2018 and 2021. She has set new Oceanian records for 1500m at least twice, the last occasion on 16 September 2023 at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meet with 3.56.92 (beating her previous record of 3:57.27 set 2 months previously) [11] She won a Diamond League 1500m race on 30 June 2022 at the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm.

Personal bests

DistanceTimeDateLocationNotes
800 metres 1:59.2227 March 2021 Brisbane, Australia
1000 metres 2:35.124 August 2023 Bern, Switzerland
1500 metres 3:56.3322 August 2025 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium#2 Australia all-time*
1500 metres short track4:06.347 July 2022 Belgrade Arena, Beograd, Serbia#3 Australia all-time*
Mile 4:19.5819 July 2025 London, UK#2 Australia all-time*
Mile short track4:24.588 February 2025 New York, USA#2 Australia all-time*
3000 metres 8.30.0115 June 2025 Stockholm, Sweden#3 Australia all-time*
3000 metres short track8:35.1731 January 2025 Boston, USA#2 Australia all-time*
5000 metres 14.43.6124 May 2025 Los Angeles, United States#3 Australia all-time*
5000 metres short track14:58.4315 February 2025 Boston, United StatesNR*

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th 1500 m 4:11.75 (H)
4:05.81 (SF)
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 33rd (h)1500 m 4:10.51 [12]
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 4th1500 m 4:03.67
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 10th (sf)1500 m 4:06.39
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 6th1500 m 3:59.01
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th1500 m 4:06.34
World Championships Eugene, United States 12th (sf)1500 m 4:04.65
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom4th1500 m 4:05.09
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (sf)1500 m 4:03.96
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th (h)1500 m 4:09.83
Olympic Games Paris, France 18th (rep)1500 m 4:09.05
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 9th3000 m 8:44.99

References

  1. 1 2 "Linden Hall – athlete profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Linden HALL". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Linden Hall". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Linden Hall bio". seminoles.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Linden Hall". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's 1500m - Standings". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Linden Hall Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "1500 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Len (1 April 2021). "Hall leaps from sub-two to sub-four in Melbourne". World Athletics . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Tokyo 2021 Olympics: Australians Linden Hall and Jess Hull fight hard in 1500m final". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Goodwin, Sam (17 September 2023). "Linden Hall makes Aussie athletics history as Nina Kennedy crashes back to earth". au.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Linden Hall". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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