Reece Holder

Reece Holder

Personal information
Nationality	Australian/Trinidadian
Born	(2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400m: 44.53 (Paris, 2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  AUS World Relays 2025 Guangzhou Mixed 4×400 m relay Summer World University Games 2021 Chengdu 400 m

Reece Holder (born 20 August 2002) is an Australian sprinter. ^[1]

Career

From Wellington Point, Queensland, he is a member of Thompson Estate Athletics Club. At the age of 15 years-old, Holder won the national under-17 400 metres title. ^[2]

He ran a 400 metres personal best of 44.79 in Chengdu in August 2023, to win a silver medal at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games. ^[3] This time placed him into the top-5 all time Australian 400m runners. ^[4]

He was selected for the Australian team to run the individual 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. ^[5] There, in the qualification heat of the 400 metres event he ran a personal best time of 44.53. In his semifinal finished fifth. ^[6]

He was a member of the Australian team in the Mixed 4x400m relay at the 2025 World Athletics Relays which set a new Oceania record of 3:12.34, taking nearly five seconds off the previous best mark set in 2021, and became the first Mixed team in Australian history to qualify for a major championships, qualifying on the first day of the competition for the 2025 World Championships. Australia went on to win the silver medal in the final of the event on the second day of the competition as Holder transferred across to help qualify the men's 4x400m relay for the 2025 World Championships in the second round of qualifying. ^{[7] [8]} He won at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, running the 400m in 44.76 seconds on 18 May 2025. ^[9]

Personal life

Holder was born in England before moving to Queensland Australia during primary school. He graduated from Wellington Point State High School in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. He attended Queensland University of Technology. His father is from Trinidad and Tobago. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Reece Holder". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
2. "Track Star Who Trained in Carina Secures Olympic Qualifier in World-Class Performance". 15 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
3. "Championship and national records fall at World University Games". World Athletics. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
4. "Reece Holder Runs 44.79 400m, Knocks Batman Out of Top-10 Australian List". Runners Tribe. August 4, 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
5. Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
6. "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
7. "Mixed 4x400m silver caps successful world relay championships for Australia". The Guardian. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
8. "AUSTRALIAN MIXED 4X400M RELAY TEAM PUNCH TICKETS TO TOKYO WITH OCEANIA RECORD". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
9. "Kitaguchi delivers while Australians excel in Tokyo". World Athletics . 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
10. "Unisport Australia awards: Cara Feain-Ryan and Reece Holder claim top prizes". Inside the Games. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
11. "REECE LIGHTNING - AUSTRALIAN BURNING UP THE QUARTER MILE". Athletics.com.au. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.