 Craig at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 2005 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.11 (Paris, 2024) 1500m: 3:44.07 (Brisbane, 2022) Mile: 4:12.05 (Melbourne, 2024) 3000m: 8:12.63 (Sydney, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Peyton Craig (born 28 March 2005) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in middle distance running. [1]
From Boyne Island in Queensland, Craig excelled at a number of sports, competing in swimming and triathlon as well as Rugby League and cricket. As a 10-year-old, he won a national 100m breaststroke swimming title. As a 17-year-old he finished eighth at the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships. [2]
He is a member of the Oceania branch of On Athletics Club (OAC) where he is coached by Brendan Mallyon (QLD) and assisted by Craig Mottram. [2] He competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022 over 1500 metres. [3] [4]
He won the 2023 de Castella 3000m in 8:18.17 in December 2023 in Melbourne. [5]
He lowered his 800m personal best from 1:47.52 to 1:45.77 mat the ACT State Championships on Australia Day 2024, a new Australia U20 record. [5] The following week, he won the Adelaide Invitational and lowered his personal best to 1.45.41. [4] [6] At the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, he finished third in the men's 800 metres race. [7]
In June 2024, win gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji over 800 metres. [8] That month, he set a new personal best and met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics, running 1:44.12 in Vienna. [9]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, running a personal best of 1:44.11 and reaching the semi-finals. [10]
He won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [11]
