Luke van Ratingen

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Luke van Ratingen
Personal information
Born (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 45.57s (Canberra, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Suva 400 m
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou Mixed 4×400 m relay

Luke van Ratingen (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian sprinter. He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships. [1]

Career

He was second to Fred Kerley over 400 metres at the Sydney Classic in March 2023. [2] He ran 45.88 seconds to win the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane in. [3]

He ran as part of the Australian 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. [4] He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024. [5] He equalled his personal best in June 2024 but missed the 2024 Olympic Games through an injury which took eight months of rehabilitation to recover from. [6]

He was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025. [7] On the first day he ran as part of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay. [8] On the second day, he ran as part of the Australian Mixed 4x400 metres relay team which finished second overall in 3:12.20. [9] [10]

References

  1. "Luke van Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  2. "Fred Kerley wins 400m in dominating fashion at Sydney Track Classic 2023". Olympics.com. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. "Little dominates javelin as championship records tumble at Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  6. "NSW Open and Little Athletics Championships - REVIEW". nswathletics.org. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. "A HISTORIC FIRST AS AUSTRALIA GETS SET TO CONTEST ALL SIX EVENTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". Athletics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. "AUSTRALIAN MIXED 4X400M RELAY TEAM PUNCH TICKETS TO TOKYO WITH OCEANIA RECORD". Athletics.com. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  10. "Mixed 4x400m silver caps successful world relay championships for Australia". The Guardian. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.