Thewbelle Philp

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Thewbelle Philp
Personal information
NicknameChewy [1]
NationalityAustralian
Born (2008-04-05) 5 April 2008 (age 17)
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventSprint

Thewbelle Philp (born 5 April 2008) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.

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Early life

Philp was raised on the Gold Coast by an Indigenous Australian (Minjungbal) father [2] and a Filipino mother. [3] She first started training in athletics at the age of five but shortly after quit the sport until the age of 10 when she was inspired to return to athletics after witnessing the 2018 Commonwealth Games in her hometown of the Gold Coast. [3]

Career

At 16 years of age, Philp was selected to represent Australia at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, where she helped her country qualify for the 4 × 100 m relay final. [4] In February 2025, Philp set a new Australian under-20 60 metre record when she ran 7.30 seconds at the 2025 Australian Short Track Athletics Championships. [5] At the 2025 Australian All Schools Athletics Championships, she clocked an impressive 11.38s in the 100m final and also impressed in the 200m competition with a time of 23.40s. [6]

Personal bests

EventPBWindVenueDate
100 m11.38 s+ 1.5 Nathan, Brisbane, Australia 6 December 2024
200 m23.21s+1.0 Nathan, Brisbane, Australia 23 November 2024
4x100m44.76 s- Lima, Peru 30 August 2024

References

  1. ↑ "You know Gout Gout, now meet Australia's other young sprint stars ready to create a golden generation". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Minjungbal teen sets new Oceania sprint record". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Pocket Rocket Philp set for Takeoff in Brisbane". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Meet Thewbelle Philp: 16-year-old sprinter and Australia's next rising star". Missing Perspectives. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Minjungbal teen sets new Oceania sprint record". National Indigenous Times. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Meet the next generation of Australian athletics trailblazers". Olympics.com. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.


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