Tori West

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Tori West
Tori West 2024.jpg
West in 2024
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6245 (Gotzis, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Suva Heptathlon

Tori West (born 14 October 1995) is an Australian multi-event athlete. [1]

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Early life

She is from Townsville in Queensland. [2] [3] She attended the University of Queensland and competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples. [4]

Career

In January 2020, she won the heptathlon at the Australian combined events championships in Brisbane with a tally of 6028 points. [5] [6]

She was runner-up at the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in April 2024. [7] She set a personal best score of 6245 to finish sixth at the HypoMeeting in Götzis in May 2024. [8] She won silver at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024. [9]

In July 2024, she was selected for the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10] She finished 20th, with 5848 points. [11] She finished eighth overall in the 2024 World Athletics Combined Events Tour. [12]

She won the heptathlon at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth on 12 April 2025. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Tori West". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Elkerton, Matthew (7 July 2019). "Townsville heptathlete Tori West ready to represent her nation on home soil". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Darvenetia, Nic (7 July 2024). "Townsville athlete Tori West confirmed for heptathlon at Paris Olympic Games". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "UQ students set for World University Games". uq.edu.au. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Dawson, Andrew (17 February 2020). "Tori West is one step closer to the Tokyo Olympic Games after winning the national heptathlon". Courier Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Australian Combined Events Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Combined eventers prepared for Pre-Paris test in Ratingen". World Athletics. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athlerics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Adams, Tim (July 8, 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon medal results - Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  12. ↑ "Atherley and Erm win World Athletics Combined Events Tour". World Athletics. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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