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Ella Nelson

Athlete Biography

A dominating start to the 2016 season saw Ella Nelson post multiple Rio quali††ers in the women's

200m before she sealed her Olympic Team selection by winning the 2016 National title.

Nelson set a personal best time (22.53) in February 2016, when she ran quicker than any Australian

woman over 200m since Melinda Gainsford-Taylor at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Her Olympic qualifying run came after spending two months training at ALTIS, an elite athletics

program in Phoenix, Arizona in late 2015.

Her passion for athletics started when she was watching the Sydney 2000 Olympics as a six year

old. She made her international debut at the 2010 Junior World Championships before competing

at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, placing sixth in her semi-††nal.

Nelson is currently studying a Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Wollongong.

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Athletics

Fast Facts

Sport Athletics Status Selected

Event/s 200m Women Nickname El

Height 169 Weight 58

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Age 22 Born Hurstville, NSW, Australia

Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information

Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut

Recent Performances

1st (200m) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

1st (200m) – 2016 Canberra Track Classic (Canberra, Australia)

1st (200m) – 2016 Sydney Track Classic (Sydney, Australia)

38th (200m) – 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

1st (200m) – 2015 Australian Championships (Brisbane, Australia)

Career Highlights

22.53 PB, 7th All time Australian and fastest run in 16 years.

Competing in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games & 2015 Beijing IAAF World

Championships

3 x National 200m Champion (2014, 2015, 2016)

Education

Primary Heathcote Primary School, NSW AUS

Secondary Heathcote High School, NSW AUS

Tertiary Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences at Wollongong University 2014-

Training

Coach Michael Dooley 2005-Current (primary) Stuart McMillan 2015-Current (secondary)

Club Sydney University Athletic Club , NSW AUS

Institute/Academy NSWIS

Primary Training Base Sydney Australia

Secondary Training Base Phoenix Arizona



Q&A

Superstition/s Usually race in odd socks

Favourite food Brunch

Favourite holiday destination Anywhere and everywhere, travel bug caught

Favourite music Triple J

Dream car Jeep Wrangler

Star Sign Taurus

I would spend my last $10 on coဠ†ee

Tattoos/Piercings lots of ear piercings, got a new one consecutively every christmas for 4 years

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Pole vault

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? 2012 Allyson Felix 200m Gold

First Olympic Memory? Watching the 2000 olympics in sydney Why this sport? It's the purest sport

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Eleanor Patterson

Athlete Biography

Eleanor Patterson sealed Olympic selection and continued her dominating form with a jump of

1.90m to take home the 2016 National title.

Starting the sport at a young age, Eleanor Patterson ††rst made a name for herself when she won

gold at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

She followed this with gold at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games while completing her ††nal

year of schooling, with a clearance of 1.94m. The following year she went on to become the ††rst

Australian female in 24 years to make the high jump ††nals at the World Championships. Patterson

placed 8th in Beijing 1.92m, as the youngest athlete in the ††eld at 19 years-old.

Her coach, David Green, has been training her for the past 11 years in her hometown Leongatha in

country Victoria. She often trains on grass ovals as her closest athletics track is an hour away.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s High Jump Women Nickname Floss


Age 20 Born Leongatha, VIC, Australia

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Olympic Information


Recent Performances

1st (high jump) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

1st (high jump) – 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia)

1st (high jump) – 2016 Queensland Track Classis (Brisbane, Australia)

1st (high jump) – 2016 Canberra Track Classic (Canberra, Australia)

8th (high jump) – 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

Education

Primary St Laurence's Primary (Vic,Aus)

Secondary Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College (Vic, Aus)

Training

Coach David Green (2008-current)

Club South Coast, Victoria, Australia

Primary Training Base Leongatha (Australia)

Q&A

Favourite food Sushi

Dream car Jeep

Star Sign Gemini

7/23/2016 Hamish Peacock | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Hamish Peacock

Athlete Biography

In April Hamish Peacock won the national javelin championships with a throw of 82.84m. He had

earlier thrown 82.81m in Perth, but both distance remained tantalising close to the required Rio

qualifying mark of 83.00m. He resolved this by nailing a quali�er of 83.53m in May in Japan. He

went on to record another three qualifying marks 83.17m in Spain, 84.25m in Norway and 84.39m

in Hobart

After winning a silver medal at the 2007 IAAF youth juniors, he has compiled an impressive senior

career, competing at the 2013 and 2015 IAAF world championships and winning bronze at the

Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Coached by his older brother Evan, Peacock has successfully combined his sporting career with

graduating from the University of Tasmania with a degree with honours in Civil Engineering.

Peacock was a talented all round junior athlete, playing cricket until he was 15 and a soccer

goalkeeper until he was 20.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s Javelin Throw Men Height 185







Weight 98 Age 25

Born Hobart, TAS, Australia

Olympic Information

Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut.

Recent Performances

3rd (Javelin) - 2016 London Grand Prix (London, England)

4th (Javelin) - 2016 Bislett Diamond League (Oslo, Norway)

5th (Javelin) - 2016 Shanghai Diamond League (Shanghai, China)

2nd (Javelin) - 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

18th (Javelin) - 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

Career Highlights

Winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, 2014.

Qualifying for 2016 Olympic Games Kawasaki, Japan

Placing fourth in the Oslo Diamond League 2016

Education

Primary Montagu Bay Primary School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Secondary The Hutchins School & Rosny College, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with Honours, University of Tasmania (2009-2015)

Training

Coach Evan Peacock (1998 - current)

Club University of Tasmania Athletics Club, Tasmania, Australia

Institute/Academy Tasmanian Institute of Sport

Primary Training Base Hobart, Australia



Q&A

Favourite food Scotch Fillet Steak

Favourite music Rock & Roll

Personal Motto Harden up

Star Sign Libra

I would spend my last $10 on Food

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Soccer or Handball

First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman winning gold

Most In††uential person in your career/life Mum & Dad

Why this sport? Never-ending challenge of trying to Improve my best & only having to rely on

myself.

7/23/2016 Brendon Reading | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Brendon Reading

Athlete Biography

Brendon Reading 倀茂nished 2nd Australian at the 50km selection trials (Dec 2015) in Melbourne to

secure selection on his 倀茂rst Australian senior team. His breakthrough performance was only his

second 50km race and a 24 minute PB from his 倀茂rst 50km race in December 2014.

He started Little Athletics in u/6 and was a good high jumper before switching to walking when he

was around 12.

Reading's coach Chris Erickson has also been selected to compete in Rio in the 50km walk, his third

Olympics. They trained together in 2010 and now work remotely with Erickson based in Melbourne.

His older brother won the 倀茂rst television season of Beauty and the Geek Australia.

Reading works at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources in Plant Biosecurity.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 50km Walk Men Nickname Brenda


Age 27 Born Canberra, ACT, Australia

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Lives Canberra, ACT, Australia

Olympic Information

Debut

Recent Performances

4th (50km) - 2015 Australian Racewalking Championships -Melbourne Australia

16th (20km) - 2015 IAAF Challenge Series, Taicang, China

3rd (50km) - 2014 Australian Racewalking Championships - Melbourne, Australia

Career Highlights

Setting a personal best time and Olympic quali倀茂er in the men's 50km Racewalking National

Championships in Melbourne, 2015

Representing Australia for the 倀茂rst time at the 2008 World Racewalking Cup in Russia in 2008 in

the junior men's 10km racewalk

Winning my 倀茂rst national athletics medal (silver) in the u14 men's 1500m racewalk in Hobart,

2002

Education

Primary Southern Cross Primary School (ACT, Australia)

Secondary Belconnen High School (ACT, Australia), Hawker College (ACT, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Science - Australian National Univerity (2007 - 2011)

Training

Coach Chris Erickson (2010-current)

Club Sydney Uni Athletics Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Institute/Academy Reading Institute of Sport (Dads retirement fund)

Primary Training Base Canberra, Australia



Q&A

Superstition/s I don't have any superstitions, but will try to use a new pair of socks for every race

Favourite food Chinese dumplings

Favourite holiday destination Port Macquarie on the northern NSW coast

Favourite music Australian indie rock

Dream car Ford Focus RS

Star Sign Aquarius

I would spend my last $10 on A two month net倀霂ix subscription (the 倀茂rst month is free)

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be cross country skiing

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Jared Tallent winning 2 Olympic medals (Silver 50km walk,

Bronze 20km walk) in Beijing 2008

First Olympic Memory? The womens 20km racewalk at the Sydney 2000 Olympics

Most Inuential person in your career/life Jared Tallent has been a big in倀霂uence in my life both

as a training partner and a friend

Why this sport? After trying my hand at most athletics events, it turned out I was quite good at

walking fast for a really long time

7/23/2016 Jeff Riseley | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Je倀ࠃ Riseley

Athlete Biography

One of Australia’s 倀茂nest middle distance runners, Je倀ࠃ Riesley has been selected for his third

Olympics. After running the 1500m in Beijing, he dropped down to the 800m in London and will run

the same event in Rio.

In addition to being now a three-time Olympian, Riseley has competed at the World Cup,

Commonwealth Games, Universiade and four world championships. At the Glasgow

Commonwealth games he placed 倀茂fth in both the 800m and 1500m.

In 2015 he won the national 800/1500m double, the 倀茂rst athlete to achieve this for 24 years and as

the third ranked Australian 800m and 1500m athlete of all time, he has legitimate claims as

Australia’s 倀茂nest all round middle-distance runner.

Riseley is coached by Hawthorn Football club’s 倀茂tness coach and former 800m athlete, Andrew

Russell. He also is supported by the clubs medical sta倀ࠃ, including physiotherapist Andrew Lambart.

Riseley recently joked he is regarded as the 47th player at the club.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 800m Men Nickname Je倀ࠃa

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Age 29 Born Dandenong, VIC, Australia

Lives Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 23rd (800m) 2008 Beijing - 47th (1500m)

Recent Performances

1st (800m) - 2016 Guldensporen Meeting (Kortrijk, Belgium)

24th (800m) - 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

1st (1500m) - 2015 Australian Athletics Championships (Brisbane, Australia)

1st (800m) - 2015 Australian Athletics Championships (Brisbane, Australia)

2nd (800m) - 2015 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia)

Career Highlights

Achieving two 5th placings at the Commonwealth Games in the 800m and 1500m in Glasgow,

2014

First person in 24 years to win the 800m and 1500m double at the National Titles in Brisbane,

2015

Setting the Oceania 1000m Record holder Ostrava, Czech Republic, in 2014.

Education

Primary Dob Bosco Primary School, VIC, Australia

Secondary Mazenod College, VIC, Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Exercise Science & Sports Management

Training

Coach Andrew Russell (2012 - current)

Club Knox Athletics Club

Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport

Primary Training Base Elwood, Vic, Australia



Secondary Training Base Cologne, Germany

7/23/2016 Kelsey-Lee Roberts | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Kelsey-Lee Roberts

Athlete Biography

Kelsey-Lee Roberts will round out a trio of Olympic javelin throwers after securing the 62m

quali�er with a personal best throw of 63.92m.

As one of the youngest competitors in the javelin on her Australian international debut at the 2014

Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Kelsey-Lee Roberts threw her way to the javelin bronze medal.

In 2015 she competed at the ‘Birds Nest’ Olympic Stadium in Beijing which made her even hungrier

for an Olympic debut in 2016.

As someone who dreamt of being an Olympian from a very young age, Roberts competed in

athletics throughout high school but only started training for javelin seriously after school in 2010.

She trains at the AIS in Canberra and has been using the biomechanics facilities to improve her

technique leading up to Rio.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s Javelin Throw Women Nickname Kelsey








Age 24 Born East London, South Africa

Olympic Information


Recent Performances

4th (javelin) – 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia)

1st (javelin) – 2015 Pihtipudas Javelin Throw Carnival (Pihtipudas, Finland)

20th (javelin) – 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China)

3rd (javelin) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)

Career Highlights

Winning the bronze medal in the women's javelin at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland,

2014

Competing in the women's javelin at the World Championships in Beijing, 2015

Setting a new personal best throw of 63.92m in the women's javelin at the ACT Championships

in Canberra, 2013

Education

Primary Corryong College (VIC, Australia)

Secondary Lake Ginninderra College (ACT, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Sport Coaching and Exercise Science - University of Canberra (2010-2014)

Training

Coach Mike Barber (2015 - current)

Club South Canberra Tuggeranong, Canberra, ACT, Australia


Secondary Training Base Cologne, Germany



Q&A

Favourite holiday destination Anywhere with a beach

Dream car 4 door, big enough to �t javelins

Star Sign Virgo

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Track Cycling

Why this sport? I get to throw spears really far, and its fun!

7/23/2016 Brett Robinson | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Brett Robinson

Athlete Biography

Brett Robinson was the ††rst Australian selected in the 5000 metres for Rio after he placed second

in the Australian Championships and Olympic trials. His June 2015 Olympic qualifying mark enabled

selectors to name him for his Olympic debut, while trials winner Sam McEntee needed to chase a

qualifying mark.

Robinson has a very impressive international record. In four world championships he has

progressed to the ††nal on three occasions at three diဠ†erent distances. He has made the ††nals of

the 2013 IAAF world championships 5000m, 2016 IAAF world indoor championships and 2010 IAAF

world junior championships 1500m. Last year at the IAAF world championships he missed the ††nal

by just a few seconds.

After a junior career primarily over 800m and 1500m, he has graduated up the distance to 5000m

and competed at the two most recent IAAF world cross country championships in 2013 and 2015,

where he ††nished within the top-30 in the 100 plus sized ††elds.

Born and schooled in Canberra, Robinson now lives and trains in Melbourne with the Nic Bideau

squad.


Athletics

Fast Facts

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Event/s 5000m Men Height 176

Weight 60 Age 25

Born Florey, ACT, Australia Lives Australia

Olympic Information

Rio will be Olympic debut.

Recent Performances

14th (5000m) – 2016 Bislett Games (Oslo, Norway)

12th (3000m) – 2016 Birmingham Diamond League (Birmingham, Great Britain)

2nd (5000m) – 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia)

11th (3000m) – 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships (Portland, USA)

28th (cross country) – 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (Guiyang, China)

Career Highlights

2013 World Championships Finalist

28th 2015 World Cross Country championships

Education

Primary St Johns Primary School (ACT, Australia)

Secondary St Francis Xavier College (ACT, Australia)

Training

Coach Nic Bideau 2012-current

Club Eureka, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport

Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia

Secondary Training Base London, United Kingdom and Mt Laguna, USA




Q&A

Favourite holiday destination Noosa

Favourite music Justin Bieber

Dream car Toyota Camry

Star Sign Taurus

Tattoos/Piercings Ears Pierced 10+ tattoos, i like tattoos

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be basketball

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Watching Jessica Fox win the silver medal in the canoeing

First Olympic Memory? I remember watching the rowing from the 1996 olympics

Most In?uential person in your career/life Ryan Gregson

Why this sport? I want to be faster than everyone

7/23/2016 Josh Robinson | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Josh Robinson

Athlete Biography

After placing second Australian in the javelin at the national championships in April, Joshua

Robinson threw his ††rst and only Olympic qualifying mark of 85.11m in May at a special javelin

competition in Perth securing his journey to Rio. His performance moved him to fourth Australian

all time and the longest throw by an Australian for six years.

His Olympic selection is a story of perseverance for the 30-year-old master of the javelin. He had

††rst represented Australia 14-years-ago at the IAAF world junior championships in 2002. Robinson

was also on the world stage competing at the world championships (2007) and Universiade (2007 &

2009). In 2014 he placed fourth in the Commonwealth Games and sixth at the Continental Cup in

Morocco. He overcame a calf injury in the summer of 2016 to secure Rio selection where he will

make his Olympic debut.

He has been coached for 17-years by former leading Australian javelin thrower Richard Brockett.

Robinson has made many ††nancial sacri††ces to achieve his goals. Prior to his recent Olympic

qualifying performance in Perth, he slept on the ††oor of a friends place to save on accommodation

costs.

In his early teens, Robinson was a talented cricketer, playing for the Queensland schoolboys team.

Aged 13-years, he was clocked throwing a ball at 152km/hr. Away from the track, Robinson has

worked as a mechanical engineer after completing degrees in Engineering and Commerce at the

University of Queensland.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s Javelin Throw Men Nickname Chop


Age 30 Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Lives Coorparoo, QLD, Australia

Associated Olympians

Victoria Mitchell

Fabrice Lapierre

Kathryn Mitchell

Matthew Denny

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Career Highlights

Breaking the national U18 Record in front of my school mates at the AIC Championships

Representing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Continental Cup

Throwing a personal best of 85.11m earlier this year to secure a quali††er for the Olympic

Games. I travelled to Perth to have a competition and was sleeping on the dining room ††oor of a

friend's house. It's these little sacri††ces that make the result so special.

Education

Primary Holland Park State School (QLD, Australia)

Secondary Villanova College (QLD, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Bachelor of Commerce

Training


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Coach Richard Brockett (1998 - current), Peter Connor (1998)

Club University of Queensland

Institute/Academy Queensland Academy of Sport

Primary Training Base Brisbane, Australia

Q&A

Superstition/s No ††rm superstitions, though I have a favourite javelin and I hate throwing in brand

new shoes/gear.

Favourite food Can't beat a burger at the beach

Star Sign Libra

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Kayaking, either ††at water racing or in the rapids.

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Jan Zelenzy winning 3 gold and 1 silver in the javelin (1988

to 2000)

First Olympic Memory? I remember being sick for a week during the 1992 Olympic Games, I stayed

home and watched the games for one week straight. I can remember the diving overlooked the

city. I was completely in awe of what those Olympians could achieve.

Most In††uential person in your career/life I would have to say my coach, Richard Brockett. I

started oဠ† looking up to him because he used to throw. We have now been training together for 17

years.

Why this sport? I started playing cricket as a fast bowler. I was always able to throw pretty well. I

thought that I would compete at my school competition in Year 8 and broke the school record.

Things got more serious from then.

7/23/2016 Anneliese Rubie | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Anneliese Rubie

Athlete Biography

A third place ††nish at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships has booked Annelise Rubie on

the plane to the Rio Games where she will make her Olympic debut. In July, Rubie was added to the

4x400m relay team for Rio.

Rubie ††rst appeared on the international sporting stage in 2010 at the IAAF World Junior

Championships in Moncton, Canada where she placed ††fth in her 400m semi-††nal.

In 2014 she made the 400m semi-††nals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and placed fourth in

the ††nal for the 4 x 400m relay. With her teammates Morgan Mitchell, Jess Gulli and Lyndsay Perkin

made the ††nal of the 2015 World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas to qualify Australia a lane at the Rio

2016 Olympic Games.

Rubie was crowned the 400m National Champion in 2015 and made the 400m semi-††nal with a

personal best time and Olympic qualifying time at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. She

ran in the 4 x 400m relay in Beijing where the team (Gulli, Wells, Mitchell) ran the fastest Australian

time in 13 years.

The Sydney born athlete studies a Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University and divides her time

between Sydney and Melbourne, where her coach Peter Fortune is based.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s 4 x 400m Relay Women, 400m Women Nickname Annie



Olympic Information


Recent Performances

3rd (400m) – 2016 Meeting Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

3rd (400m) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

2nd (400m) – 2016 Queensland Track Classic (Brisbane, Australia)

3rd (400m) – 2016 Melbourne IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia)

22nd (400m) – 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

Career Highlights

Setting a PB in the 400m at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, and making the semi-††nal

running 51.69

Winning the Australian 400m Championships 2015

Making the semi-††nals at the Commonwealth Games in the 400m in Glasgow, in 2014

Education

Secondary Sydney University

Tertiary Bachelor of Arts

Training

Coach Peter Fortune

Club Sydney University Athletics Club, NSW, Australia




Institute/Academy Sydney University

Primary Training Base Sydney, Australia

Secondary Training Base Melbourne, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Blueberries

Favourite holiday destination Barcelona, Spain

Dream car BMW M3

Star Sign Taurus

I would spend my last $10 on shoes

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Tennis

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman's Sydney 2000 400m gold medal & David

Rudisha's London 2012 800m gold medal and WR

First Olympic Memory? Sydney 2000, watching the athletics and gymnastics with my family Most In††uential person in your career/life Mother and Father

7/23/2016 Dani Samuels | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Dani Samuels

Athlete Biography

Gold Coast-based Olympic veteran Dani Samuels will make her third Games appearance after she

claimed her 17th National Title, sealing Rio selection in the process. Made a great start to her Rio

build up placing second in the Shanghai Diamond League in May.

After winning the discus gold and shot put bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships,

Dani Samuels went on to win the discus bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne at

the age of 17.

Samuels made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games, as the youngest member of the

Australian athletics team where she placed 9th (60.15m).

In August 2009, Samuels became the youngest world champion discus thrower of all time when she

took out the title in Berlin with a throw of 65.44m. She placed 10th in 2013 and 6th in 2015. The

Australian U20 & U18 discus record holder, has a pb of 67.99m, less than one metre behind the

open record of 68.72m set 22 years ago.

She is one of only nine athletes to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of

an athletic event. She competed in her second Olympic Games in London, placing 12th (60.40m).


Athletics

Fast Facts

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Event/s Discus Throw Women Height 182

Weight 82 Age 28

Born Sydney, NSW, Australia Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information

2008 Beijing - 9th (discus) 2012 London - 12th (discus)

Recent Performances

2nd (discus) - 2016 Shanghai Diamond League (Shanghai, China)

1st (discus) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

1st (discus) – 2016 Auckland Track Challenge (Auckland, New Zealand)

6th (discus) – 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

2nd (discus) – 2015 British Athletics Grand Prix (Birmingham, England)

Career Highlights

Winning gold at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin

Winning gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Throwing my personal best and breaking 67m

Education

Primary Merrylands Public School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary West††eld Sports High School (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Arts - University of Western Sydney (2007 - )

Training

Coach Denis Knowles (1997 - current)

Club West††elds Athletics Club


Primary Training Base Gold Coast, Australia

Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia




Q&A

Favourite food Sushi, mangoes, avocado

Favourite holiday destination Italy and Iceland are on the bucket list.

Favourite music Anything that makes me want to dance

Dream car Range Rover Sport

Personal Motto Be bulletproof

Star Sign Gemini

I would spend my last $10 on Sushi

Tattoos/Piercings I have a tattoo on my stomach -He Lives in Me- representing my dad and I have

my ears pierced a couple of times in each ear.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Weighlifting, basketball and European handball

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Steve Hooker in Beijing 2008

First Olympic Memory? Michael Johnson in Atlanta 1996 (I was 8)

Most In䘀uential person in your career/life My coach Denis, he is a legend. He pushes me and

demands a high level execution and 100% eဠ†ort. He is always so positive and as long as I've given it

my best, he is happy. Denis has taken on a fatherly role aswell and some would say have rose

coloured glasses on when it comes to be. We are completely diဠ†erent backgrounds and

generations but we are good friends as well as coach and athlete.

Why this sport? It challenging, exhilerating and its just an awesome feeling being able to throw

something such a long way.

7/23/2016 Caitlin Sargent | AUS Team | Rio 2016

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Caitlin Sargent

Athlete Biography

After helping Australia in May 2015 secure a women’s 4x400m relay quota place for Rio, Sargent

has earned a berth in that team for her Olympic debut. Her selection was on the back of a strong

domestic season, rounded out with fourth in the 400 metres at the national championships.

Sargent made her international debut as a teenager at the 2010 IAAF world junior and has gone on

to compete at the 2011 and 2013 IAAF world championships. She was an Australian junior 100m

and 200m champion, before concentrating on the longer sprint since 2011.

She has twice made the Universiade 400 metres ៤nal (2011 & 2013) and helped the national team

to fourth in the 4x400m relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Queensland physiotherapist has been coached by Eric Brown for an amazing 12 years. Brown

also coaches decathlete Cedric Dubler who will be competing in Rio.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 4 x 400m Relay Women Nickname Caitlin


Age 24 Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia







Lives Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances

4th (400m) - 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

8th (200m) - 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

3rd (400m) – 2016 Brisbane Track Classic (Sydney, Australia)

7th (4x400m Relay) – 2015 IAAF World Relays (Nassau, Bahamas)

4th (4x400m Relay) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Great Britain)

Career Highlights

Winning our heat of the 4x400m at the IAAF World Relay Championships 2015 in the Bahamas,

to secure a place at the Rio Games

Placing 4th at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the 4x400m

Running a personal best and world championships quali៤er at the World University Games in

Kazan Russia, 2013

Education

Primary Milton Primary State School (QLD, Australia)

Secondary Indooroopilly State High School (QLD, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Hons) - University of Queensland (2010-2013 )

Training

Coach Eric Brown (2004- current)

Club University of Queensland Athletics Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Institute/Academy Queensland Academy of Sport

Primary Training Base Queensland, Australia



Q&A

Favourite food Ice-cream

Favourite holiday destination My husband is from America, so I love to travel home with him.

Melbourne is my favourite place to visit in Australia

Personal Motto "To give anything less than your best is to sacri៤ce the gift" - Steve Prefontaine

Star Sign Gemini

I would spend my last $10 on Phone call to my mum for food

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Beach volleyball

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? As a 400m runner, Cathy Freeman's gold in Sydney still

gives me goosebumps. Outside of track and ៤eld, Anna Meares gold in London 2012 after

returning from serious injury is also very inspiring

First Olympic Memory? Watching the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony Why this sport? I love the pureness of running - it just you versus the clock everyday

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Michael Shelley

Athlete Biography

Michael Shelley secured his ticket to Rio with two Olympic qualifying times and the fastest two

times by an Australian in 2015. In July he was 12th in the London Marathon in a time of 2:11.19, just

four seconds shy of his marathon personal best. He was also 12th in the 2015 Berlin Marathon

(2:12.20).

After taking up athletics in year nine at high school, Shelley competed in the 3000m steeplechase

at the 2002 IAAF World Junior Championships in Jamaica, placing 13th in his heat. After returning

home from Jamaica he moved to the AIS to be coached by Richard Telford, who continues to be his

coach 14 years later.

The Queensland born athlete 嬯끕rst ran into the spotlight with a surprising silver medal at the 2010

Delhi Commonwealth Games in what was only his second marathon. Two years later he made his

Olympic debut in London and was Australia’s best performer in the men’s marathon, 嬯끕nishing 16th

in a time of 2:14.10.

Shelley claimed the marathon gold at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and became the

嬯끕rst Australian to win the Commonwealth Games men's marathon since Steve Moneghetti in 1994.

Now living on the Gold Coast, Shelley completed a Bachelor of Business at Gri�th University in

2011.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s Marathon Men Nickname Turtle


Age 32 Born Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Lives Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 16th (marathon)

Recent Performances

20th (half marathon) – 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Champs (Cardi, GBR)

12th (marathon) – 2015 London Marathon (London, GBR)

12th (marathon) – 2015 Berlin Marathon (Berlin, Germany)

1st (10km) – 2015 Sydney Harbour 10K (Sydney, Australia)

1st (marathon) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)

Career Highlights

Becoming an Olympian in 2012

Winning the Commonwealth Games Mens Marathon in Glasgow 2014

Winning the silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in the marathon

Education

Primary Pimpama State School (QLD, Australia)

Secondary Helensvale State High School (QLD, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor Of Business Gri�th University (2007- 2011)

Training

Coach Dick Telford (2002 - current)

Club Gold Coast Victory, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia




Institute/Academy QAS

Primary Training Base Gold Coast, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Pizza, chocolate

Favourite holiday destination London as there are so many things to see and do

Favourite music I listen to most music apart from country, depending on the mood I am in.

Dream car Aston Martin

Personal Motto What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Star Sign Libra

I would spend my last $10 on Chocolate

Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Archery

Most In††uential person in your career/life Parents and My Coach

Why this sport? Because you are responsible for your result.

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Brandon Starc

Athlete Biography

Brandon Starc has progressed from being a Youth Olympic Games silver medallist in 2010 (2.10m),

World Junior championships ††nalist in 2012 (2.17m) to a World Championship ††nalist in 2015

(2.31m) and now selected for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Starc was the ††rst Australian to contest the men’s high jump ††nal at a World Championships since

Tim Forsyth in 1997. His 2.31m automatically quali††ed him for the World Championships ††nal. His

new PB makes him the second highest male jumper in Australia of all-time, after Forsyth.

Younger brother of Australian cricketer Mitchell, Brandon will have bragging rights of being an

Olympian.

Based in Sydney, Starc is coached by Alex Stewart.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s High Jump Men Height 188

Weight 71 Age 22

Born Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia

O铌cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team




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Olympic Information


2010 Singapore - 2nd (high jump)

Recent Performances

7th (high jump) – 2016 Shanghai Diamond League (Shanghai, China)

1st (high jump) – 2016 Seiko Golden Grand Prix (Kawasaki, Japan)

1st (high jump) – 2016 Perth Track Classic (Perth, Australia)

12th (high jump) – 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China)

1st (high jump) – 2015 Australian Championships (Brisbane, Australia)

Training

Coach Alex Stewart (2009 - current)

Club Parramatta, NSW


Primary Training Base Sydney Australia

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Ben St Lawrence

Athlete Biography

Australian 10,000m Record Holder, Ben St Lawrence will make his second Olympic appearance at

Rio after securing the quali††cation time in May 2015 on his favourite track in Palo Alto, USA.

The 34-year-old claimed the Australian record in a time of 27.24.95 on the 1st day of the London

2012 quali††cation period in 2011, on the same track as his Rio quali††cation run. St Lawrence also

boasts the title of ‘Second Fastest Australian of All Time’ over 5,000m (13:10) behind Craig

Mottram as well as being the only 10,000m Olympian to represent Australia since the Sydney

Games.

At the age of 30, St. Lawrence made his Olympic debut at the 2012 Games where he ††nished 20th

in the 10,000m ††nal in London in front of a parochial British crowd as Mo Farah claimed gold.

The Victorian has represented Australia at both the Commonwealth Games in 2010 (10,000m &

5000m) and 2014 (10,000m) and the World Championships in 2011 (5000m). Injury put a damper on

St Lawrence’s 2015 World Championships campaign, with a 14cm hamstring tear forcing him out of

competition. Despite surgery and rest, a return to the sport seemed unlikely but a determined St

Lawrence kept working and eventually proved to selectors he was in form at the Australian Champs

in April, placing 3rd in the men’s 5000m.

He was born and raised in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney and now also coaches athletes of all

abilities, from recreational runners to potential future Olympians, through his company ‘Run Crew’

www.runcrew.com.au. St Lawrence trains with the Melbourne Track Club which includes training

partner, fellow Rio Team member and good mate, David McNeil. The pair will train together in the

lead up to the South American Games along with other Team Members including Luke Mathews,

Genevieve La Caze and Ryan Gregson.


O᳀cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team




Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 10000m Men Nickname The Saint


Age 34 Born Penrith, NSW, Australia


Olympic Information

2012 London - 20th (10,000m)

Recent Performances

3rd (10,000m) - 2015 Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational (Palo Alto, USA)

16th (10,000m) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, China)

8th (heat, 5000m) – 2013 IAAF World Championships (Moscow, Russia)

Career Highlights

Setting the Australian 10,000m record of 27:24.95 in 2011.

Setting 5000m personal best of 13:10 to win the 2011 Australian 5000m Championship, while

pushing multiple world champion Bernard Lagat to the line.

Walking into a packed stadium to run the 10k ††nal at the London Olympic Games in 2012.

Education

Primary Korowal School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Blue Mountains Grammar School (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Human Movement/Exercise Science - Charles Sturt University (2000 -

2005)





Training

Coach Sean Williams (2006 - current)

Club St George Athletics Club (Sydney, Australia), Melbourne Track Club (Melbourne, Australia)

Institute/Academy

Primary Training Base Sydney and the Blue Mountains (primary)

Secondary Training Base Falls Creek/Mt Laguna, USA (secondary)

Q&A

Superstition/s Karma

Favourite food Japanese

Favourite holiday destination The Swiss Alps

Dream car A fully decked out camper-van ready to drive through Europe.

Personal Motto I honestly don't have one!

Star Sign Scorpio

I would spend my last $10 on Bananas

Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings to remember London and all that it meant to me.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be BMX - I was a state ††nalist as a 12 year old, but

gave it up to concentrate on running.

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Herb Elliot's dominant victory in the 1500m at the 1960

Olympics Games in a then world record.

First Olympic Memory? That 'Amigos Para Siempre' song from Barcelona, it still gives me goose

bumps when I hear it.

Most InᲰuential person in your career/life My parents

Why this sport? Humans were born to run, and I feel most alive when running at full speed. I love

to compete, and there is no truer competition than a bunch of runners form all across the globe

lining up to see who is able to get to the line ††rst. No subjectivity at all - just a test of supreme

††tness, speed and tactics.

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Brooke Stratton

Athlete Biography

A jump of 6.68m secured Rio selection for Brooke Stratton as well as the National title for 2016.

Brooke Stratton smashed her personal best jump several times in the domestic summer season

(2015/2016). She started the season with a PB of 6.73m. Her PB jump of 7.05m at the Perth Track

Classic in March bettered Bronwyn Thompson’s 14-year-old Australian record of 7.00m. In between

her domestic success, she competed at the IAAF world indoors in Portland, USA, where she placed

�fth.

She had her �rst taste of Olympic glory at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where she

came home with gold in the long jump and triple jump, and silver in the 4 x 100m relay. She went on

to represent Australia at the World Junior Championships the following year.

After representing Australia at World Youth and two World Juniors she was selected for her �rst

senior team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games before being ruled out with a back injury. At the

2015 World Championships in Beijing she placed 14th with a jump of 6.64m.

Stratton started the sport as a �ve-year-old at the Nunawading Little Athletics Centre in Victoria,

where she found her passion for long jump after winning her �rst state gold medal in the U9. She

has been coached by her father since 2004.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s Long Jump Women Nickname Brookey

Age 23 Born Box Hill, VIC, Australia


Olympic Information


Recent Performances

2nd (long jump) – 2016 Seiko Golden Grand Prix (Kawasaki, Japan)

1st (long jump) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

5th (long jump) – 2016 World Indoor Championships (Portland, USA)

1st (long jump) – 2016 Perth Track Classis (Perth, Australia)

14th (long jump) – 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China)

Career Highlights

14th at the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships

1st at the 2014 Australian Championships

7th/8th at the 2010/1012 World Junior Championships.

Education

Primary Regency Park Primary School (VIC, AUS)

Secondary Caul�eld Grammar School, Wheelers hill campus (VIC, AUS)

Tertiary Bachelor of health sciences- Deakin university (2013-)

Training

Coach Russell Stratton (2004 - current)

Club Nunawading Athletics club, Burwood, VIC, Australia




Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of sport


Q&A

Favourite food Mango

Favourite holiday destination Barcelona

Favourite music Whatever is at the top of the charts I'll listen to

Dream car Ferrari

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman- Sydney 2000 olympics

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Jared Tallent

Athlete Biography

With his three Olympic medals (gold, silver, bronze) Jared Tallent is one medal away from having

the most medals of an Australian male athletics competitor. He became the ††rst Australia male

track and ††eld athlete to win two medals at a single Games in over a century when he won bronze

(20km) and then silver (50km) in Beijing. He is also the only Australian male athletics competitor to

win a medal in consecutive Games.

Tallent crossed the line in the silver position in the 50km in London (7th in 20km), as he did in

Beijing, for his third Olympic medal. He was elevated to gold after Russian Sergey Kirdyapkin was

stripped of his results for doping. Tallent was presented with the gold medal at an o†�cial

ceremony in Melbourne on 17 June 2016, 1460 days after the race in London.

After a bronze on home soil in 2006 at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, he won gold in the

Delhi heat in 2010. He also owns two silver (2011, 2015) and one bronze (2013) World

Championship medals and four consecutive medals from the IAAF World Race Walking Cups.

Tallent becomes one of only seven Australian men to be able to call themselves Olympic Champion

in athletics - alongside Steve Hooker (2008), Ralph Doubell (1968), Herb Elliot (1960), John Winter

(1948), Nick Winter (1924) and trail blazer Edwin Flack (1896).

His wife and now coach Claire competed at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 in the 20km walk. They

were engaged at Beijing and got married in Adelaide straight after the Games. After London they

moved from Canberra to Adelaide and Claire took over as coach from Brent Vallance. Tallent's

younger sister Rachel has been selected to compete in the 20km walk at Rio 2016. She also

represented Australia at the 2015 World Championships. Tallent was one of six children raised on a

potato farm near Ballarat, Victoria. He lost his right index ††nger in a potato grading machine as a

toddler.






Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 20km Walk Men, 50km Walk Men Nickname JT


Age 31 Born Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Lives Adelaide, SA, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 1st (50km walk), 7th (20km walk) 2008 Beijing - 3rd (20km walk), 2nd (50km walk)

Recent Performances

2nd (50km) - 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships (Rome, Italy)

2nd (50km walk) - 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

26th (20km walk) - 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

3rd (50km walk) - 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup (Taicang, China)

3rd (50km walk) - 2013 IAAF World Championships (Moscow, Russia)

Career Highlights

Winning two medals (silver and bronze) at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 50km and

20km walk respectively

Finally receiving the gold medal for the 50km walk at the London Olympic Games

Silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in the 50km walk

Education

Primary Dean Primary School (VIC, Australia)

Secondary Ballarat High School (VIC, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning) - RMIT (2008 - )





Training

Coach Claire Tallent (2013- current) Previously, Brent Vallance (2004 - 2012)

Club South Australian Race Walking Club, Australia, En††eld Harriers Athletics Club, Australia

Institute/Academy SASI

Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia

Secondary Training Base Canberra, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Pizza

Favourite holiday destination Vietnam

Dream car Aston Martin DB10

Star Sign Libra

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Triathlon

First Olympic Memory? Kieren Perkins winning 1500m Gold in 1992

Most In�uential person in your career/life Wife Claire

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Rachel Tallent

Athlete Biography

Rachel Tallent will be walking out of her older brother Jared’s shadow at her Olympic debut in Rio.

She set a personal best of 1:31.32 to win the 2016 Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking

Championships in February, 2016.

She had a very strong 2015 season, competing in her ††rst IAAF World Championships in China and

at the World University Games in Korea.

Her long time training partner, Brendon Reading, has also quali††ed for Rio in the 50km event.

Tallent is one of six children raised on a potato farm near Ballarat, Victoria. She started race

walking at age eight and moved to Canberra to train at the AIS after graduating from Ballarat High

School in 2010.

She is coached by her three-time Olympic medal winning brother Jared, who has quali††ed for the

50km race walk in Rio, and is one medal away from being Australia's most successful male athletics

competitor.


Athletics

Fast Facts








Event/s 20km Walk Women Nickname Tallent


Age 23 Born Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Lives Newlyn, VIC, Australia

Olympic Information

Rio 2016 will be her Olympic debut.

Recent Performances

1st (20km walk) – 2016 Australian Race Walking Championships (Adelaide, Australia)

4th (20km walk) – 2015 Melbourne Race Walk Meeting (Melbourne, Australia)

34th (20km walk) – IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

7th (20km walk) – World University Games (Gwangju, Korea)

7th (20km walk) – IAAF Race Walking Challenge (Taicang, China)

Education

Primary Black Hill Primary School (VIC, Australia)

Secondary Ballarat High School (VIC, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Science in Psychology - University of Canberra (2011-2015)

Training

Coach Jared Tallent (2014-current)

Club (Ballarat YCW Harriers, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) (Victorian Race Walking Club, Victoria,

Australia)

Primary Training Base Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia

Q&A

Superstition/s You can never tie your shoelaces too many times.

Star Sign Pisces

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Brother Jared's Bronze medal in the 20km walk at the 2008



Beijing Olympic Games

First Olympic Memory? Jane Saville in the women's 20km walk at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Most In††uential person in your career/life Jared Tallent

Why this sport? Because of all the friends I've made

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Patrick Tiernan

Athlete Biography

After four years studying and competing in the US with prestigious distance running school

Villanova University, Patrick Tiernan returned to Australian for his ††rst race, the Australian

championships to show his intention of pressing for a berth in the Rio Olympic team. He proved he

was on track placing fourth in the 5000 metres event.

Still requiring a qualifying performance, Tiernan missed the mark by less than a second at Stanford

in May, then while placing third in the US college championships (NCAA) he was again just outside

the standard. But 19 days later and after personal bests over 1500m and 3000m, he easily achieved

the standard, by nearly ††ve seconds, running in Finland.

Born and raised in Toowoomba, Tiernan won the national junior 1500m and 5000m titles in 2012

before heading oဠ† to Villanova University where he linked up with coaching legend and former

great Irish athlete Marcus O’Sullivan.

While at Villanova University, Tiernan studied Science.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 5000m Men Age 21

O䘀朄cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team






Born Toowoomba, QLD, Australia Lives Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances

2nd (5000m) – 2016 Paavo Nurmi Games (Turku, Finland)

3rd (5000m) – 2016 NCAA (Eugene, USA)

9th (5000m) – 2016 Payton Jordan Invitational (Stanford, USA)

2nd (Cross Country) – 2016 NCAA (Louisville, USA)

4th (5000m) – 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia)

Career Highlights

Winning a Penn Relays wheel in the 4 x Mile at The University of Pennsylvania, 2015.

Running my current personal best of 13:20 in the 5000m at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku,

Finland, 2016.

Finishing second at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in front of my Dad, brother, and

girlfriend in Louisville, 2016.

Education

Primary St Anthony's Catholic School (QLD, Australia)

Secondary St Joseph's College, Toowoomba (QLD, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Science - Villanova University (2013 - current)

Training

Coach Marcus O'Sullivan (2013 - current)

Club Intraining Running and Triathlon Club, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Institute/Academy Villanova University

Primary Training Base Villanova, United States



Q&A

Favourite food Steak and Chocolate

Favourite holiday destination Venice, Italy

Favourite music The National, Volbeat

Star Sign Virgo

I would spend my last $10 on A Chipotle burrito

Tattoos/Piercings None

Most In䘀uential person in your career/life My Nan

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Jessica Trengove

Athlete Biography

Jessica Trengove smashed the Rio qualifying time at the 2015 Melbourne Marathon in October

when she won in a time of 2:27.45. She ran a two and a half minute personal best time and the sixth

fastest time by an Australian woman. Four-time Olympian Craig Mottram paced her through 38

kilometres.

In her ††rst ever marathon, Trengove placed 14th and achieved the Olympic marathon qualifying

standard with a time of 2:31.02 at a race in Japan. A few months later she made her Olympic debut

in London, and ran a personal best (2:31.17) to ††nish 39th.

The Adelaide born athlete and quali††ed physiotherapist had a strong 11th place ††nish at the 2013

world titles in Moscow (2:37.11) before claiming bronze at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth

Games (2:30.12).

Athleticism runs in the Trengove family, as her sister Abbie represented Australia at the Youth

Olympic Games for rowing while her brother Jack has played in the AFL since he was drafted by the

Melbourne Football Club in 2009.

Trengove’s sporting idol is long distance runner and four-time Olympian Benita Johnson (Willis).

Trengove was in awe of Johnson since she signed her Olympic ticket in the stands at the 2000

Sydney Games and says it was an honour to be her teammate in the Olympic marathon in London.

Her favourite athletics event used to be triple jump and she also loved long and high jump.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Nickname Trenny Height 166

Weight 52 Age 28

Born Adelaide, SA, Australia Lives Adelaide, SA, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 39th (marathon)

Career Highlights

Winning a bronze medal in the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Achieving an Australian Olympic A Quali††er in my ††rst Marathon and competing in the 2012

London Olympics.

Running a personal best and an Olympic quali††er in the 2015 Melbourne Marathon - my ††rst

Marathon in Australia.

Education

Primary Naracoorte Primary School, (SA, Australia)

Secondary Naracoorte High School & Annesley College (SA, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Physiotherapy - University of South Australia (2006 - 2009)

Training

Coach Adam Didyk (2008 - current)

Club Hills Districts Athletic Club, Team Tempo training squad

Institute/Academy South Australian Sports Institute

Primary Training Base Adelaide (Australia)

Secondary Training Base Melbourne (Australia), Flagstaဠ† (Arizona)

Q&A




Favourite food Seafood, sweet potato fries, apple crumble and mangoes

Favourite holiday destination I love European travel - particularly Italy and Switzerland. I would

love to travel throughout Scandanavia and see more of South East Asia.

Favourite music Anything that pumps me up or reminds me of good times!

Dream car One that gets me from A to B without any hassles!

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman's 400m Gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics

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Lisa Weightman

Athlete Biography

In her ᪨rst marathon since giving birth to her son Pete in 2015, Lisa Weightman won silver in the

2016 Houston Marathon in January in a time of 2:27.53, with this run securing her spot on the Rio

team. Her husband and personal trainer, Lachlan McArthur, paced her for the majority of the race

and ᪨nished 34th in the men’s event.

Weightman made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ᪨nishing 33rd in a time of

2:34:16. In 2010 she excelled in diᮈcult conditions at the Delhi Commonwealth Games to win the

bronze.

2009 was a great year for Weightman. She was 17th at the World Cross Country Championships in

March and then ᪨ve months later was 17th at the Berlin World Championships (2:30.42).

She improved her Olympic performance at the 2012 Games in London, ᪨nishing 17th overall in a

time of 2:27.32.

Living in Melbourne, she is a highly regarded business consultant and people manager at IBM. Mum

of toddler Peter Richard McArthur, named after both his Grandpas and coach Richard Telford. Lisa's

dad Peter Weightman is an ex-Fitzroy footballer and currently works for Collingwood VFL. While

her cousin Dale Weightman is an ex-Richmond footballer.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s Marathon Women Nickname Goa


Age 37 Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia


Olympic Information

2012 London - 17th (marathon) 2008 Beijing - 33rd (marathon)

Recent Performances

2nd (marathon) – 2016 Houston Marathon (Houston, USA)

1st (half marathon) – 2015 Melbourne Half Marathon (Melbourne, Australia)

4th (marathon) – 2013 Osaka International Ladies Marathon (Osaka, Japan)

1st (marathon) – 2013 Melbourne Marathon (Melbourne, Australia)

Career Highlights

Winning bronze in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 2010.

Winning Melbourne Marathon in 2:26:05 on home soil.

Breaking the Gold Coast Half Marathon Course Record 69:00.

Education

Primary Bell Primary School (VIC, Australia)

Secondary Preston Girls Secondary College (VIC, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Business Information Systems - RMIT

Training

Coach Professor Richard Telford

Club Melbourne University (Winter), Preston (Summer)




Institute/Academy VIS


Q&A

Favourite food Ice Cream

Favourite holiday destination Nagambie

Personal Motto Nothing beats persistence.

Star Sign Capricorn

I would spend my last $10 on Milk so I could have enough energy to work out what to do next!

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Diving

Most In�uential person in your career/life My parents!

Why this sport? I have a strong engine, marathon running chose me.

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Eloise Wellings

Athlete Biography

Eloise Wellings 倀茂rst quali倀茂ed for the Oympics as a 16 year-old ahead of Sydney 2000. She was a

prospective member for Sydney, Athens and Beijing but missed all due to injury. Her 倀茂rst Olympics

was London 2012 and Rio will be her second Games and 倀茂fth campaign.

Recently she has had run a series of very successful half-marathon races and will try marathon

running later in her career. Perhaps for 2018 Commonwealth Games or Tokyo 2020.

She overcame 10 stress fractures and an eating disorder in her teenage years.Mother to 2 year old

India, Wellings is co-founder of the Love Mercy Foundation, which raises money for rural

communities in north Uganda.


Athletics

Fast Facts


Event/s 10000m Women, 5000m Women Nickname Elzy


Age 33 Born New York, United States


OⲐcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team






Olympic Information

2012 London - 20th (10,000m), 30th (5,000m)

Recent Performances

1st (half-marathon) - 2015 Marugame Half (Okayama, Japan

1st (10,000m) - 2015 Zatopek Classic (Melbourne, Australia)

10th (5,000m) - 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China)

5th (5,000m) - 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)

Career Highlights

10th at the World Championships Beijing 5,000m (15:09)

4x National 10,000m champion

Coming 4th in the 5000m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and then 5th and 6th in the 5000m

and 10,000m respectively at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. 5th at 2014 Commonwealth

Games 5,000m

Education

Primary Grays Point Primary School (NSW, Australia)

Secondary Kirrawee High School (NSW, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Exercise Science - University of Wollongong (2001 - 2003)

Training

Coach Nic Bideau (2002 - current)

Club Sutherland Athletics Club


Primary Training Base Sydney, Australia

Secondary Training Base Teddington, London

Q&A



Superstition/s Shoelaces must be tucked in for races

Favourite food Pizza

Favourite holiday destination Fiji

Favourite music Pop music

Dream car Mini moke

Personal Motto Why not me

Star Sign Scorpio

I would spend my last $10 on Messina icecream

Tattoos/Piercings Love Mercy tattoo on right wrist - the name of our foundation Uganda that we

work on

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Beach volleyball

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Steve Hooker pole vault gold in Beijing 2008

First Olympic Memory? Watching the women's distance running at Barcelona 1992 as a ten year

old

Most InⲐuential person in your career/life Jono (husband) Why this sport? I love it. When I run I feel free.

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Lauren Wells

Athlete Biography

Lauren Wells collected her ninth 400m hurdles National Title at the 2016 Championships, booking

herself a seat at her second Olympic Games. In May she indicated she was on track for a teri†�c

year clocking her second fastest ever 400m hurdles competing in Japan. In July she was added to

the Australian 4x400m relay team for Rio.

Wells started hurdling at age ††ve, and by the age of 16 was the youngest 400m hurdles national

titleholder. The following year she made her national senior team debut at the 2006

Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. A decade later, she still holds the record for the most

Australian 400m hurdles titles.

Wells made her Olympic debut in 2012 in London where she placed 23rd in the 400m hurdles. Her

husband Heath proposed to her during the Games. Her personal best of 55.08 is the third fastest

Australian in history behind Flintoဠ†-King and Pittman.

The Canberra born athlete says the most in††uential person in her career is her coach Matt

Beckenham, who has been training her since 2002. Beckenham represented Australia at the Sydney

2000 Olympics.

In 2010 she graduated the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. In 2016

she started studying her second degree in a Bachelor of Primary School Teaching at the University

of Canberra.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s 4 x 400m Relay Women, 400m Hurdles

Women

Nickname Loz



Lives Canberra, ACT, Australia

Olympic Information

2012 London - 23rd 400m Hurdles

Recent Performances

7th (400m hurdles) - 2016 London Anniversary Games (London, Great Britian)

1st (400m hurdles) – 2016 Seiko Golden Grand Prix (Kawasaki, Japan)

1st (400m hurdles) – 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia)

1st (400m hurdles) – 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia)

14th (400m hurdles) – 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China)

Career Highlights

2012 - representing Australia in my ††rst Olympic Games for 400m Hurdles

2006 - Competing in my ††rst 'open' age Australian Team in 400m Hurdles at the Melbourne

Commonwealth Games

2005 - Winning the 400m Hurdles silver medal at the World Youth Championships in Morocco -

also my ††rst time overseas

Education

Primary Kaleen Primary School (ACT, Australia)

Secondary Lyneham High School/ Daramalan College (ACT, Australia)

Tertiary Bachelor of Science in Psychology - University of Canberra (2007-2010)




Training

Coach Matthew Beckenham (2002-current)

Club North Canberra Gungahlin, Canberra, ACT, Australia


Q&A

Superstition/s Always wear the same purple earrings my husband gave me, to compete in.

Favourite food Roast Lamb

Favourite holiday destination Switzerland

Favourite music Pop, Techno, House - rather ecclectic!

Dream car Audi R8

Personal Motto I believe in making the most of your opportunities and never taking anything for

granted. Sport and life are ††ckle so you have to make the most of everything that comes your way.

Star Sign Leo

I would spend my last $10 on Water, gum and a chololate bar!

Tattoos/Piercings Tattoo on my left foot - it is a mixture of the in††nity sign (which means 'life' in

Egyptian) and a love heart, so the combined meaning is 'love/enjoy life' 'we only live once so make

the most of your opportunities'.

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Gymnastics - unfortunately I was always too tall

for it!

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning the 400m in the 2000 Sydney

Olympic Games in front of her home crowd

First Olympic Memory? Sitting in the stand, madly stamping my feet in encouragement at the

2000 Sydney Olympics, when the Men's Long Jump was on and Jai Taurima was going for the gold

medal

Most In††uential person in your career/life Matt Beckenham - he has been my coach for 13yrs and

has taught me so much about sport and also life in general. He has made me a more professional

athlete and a better person over the course of many years working together.

Why this sport? I love the individual aspect and always being accountable for my own results. I am

very internally motivated and I like knowthing that the outcome of my races lies completely in my

own actions. It is also a great opportunity to travel the world and do something that I love and

happen to be fairly good at!

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Scott Westcott

Athlete Biography

Two days after his 40th birthday, Scott Westcott ran a qualifying time of 2:15.30 at the 2015 Berlin

Marathon, securing his spot on the 2016 Rio Olympic team and his debut Olympics.

Westcott set his sights on the Olympic Games marathon aged 16. He will be almost 41 when he

runs in Rio. He has been close to Olympic Teams before. He ran qualifying times in the 5000m and

10,000m for the Sydney 2000 Games, and qualifying times for the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008

marathon but missed out on team selection.

Westcott has been running marathons for over a decade. He set his personal best time of 2:11:36 at

the 2005 Beppu-Oita International Marathon in Japan. He placed fourth in the marathon at the

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Born in the NSW central west town of Parkes. Wescott was a high school teacher for 11 years,

teaching agriculture, maths, science and PE. He has a Bachelor of Agriculture from the University of

New England in Armidale.

Westcott is married to wife Jessica and have three children aged between eight and three: Noah,

Finn and Frankie. He was a high school teacher for 11 years. He won the Pierre de Coubertin Award

from the AOC in 1993.


Athletics






Fast Facts


Event/s Marathon Men Nickname Westy


Age 40 Born Parkes, NSW, Australia

Lives Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Olympic Information


Recent Performances

4th (half marathon) - 2016 Australian Championships (Gold Coast, Australia)

3rd (10km) - 2016 Sydney 10 (Sydney, Australia)

27th (marathon) – 2015 Berlin Marathon (Berlin, Germany)

1st (half marathon) - 2014 Nagoya Half Marathon (Nagoya, Japan)

Career Highlights

Running 2:15:30 in the 2015 Berlin Marathon aged 40yrs and 2 days to earn Olympic

quali�cation

2nd place in PB of 2hrs 11min 36 sec at Beppu-Oita International Marathon in February 2005

4th place at 2006 Commonwealth Games Marathon in Melbourne Australia in 2:16:32

Education

Primary Parkes East Primary School, Parkes, NSW Australia

Secondary Parkes High School, NSW, Australia

Tertiary Bachelor of Agriculture, University of New England, Armidale, NSW (1994-1997)

Training

Coach Self (2011 - present), Ian Leitch (1998 - 2001, 2005 - 2011), Dick Telford (2002 - 2004),




David Sawer (1994 - 1997), John Atterton (1988 - 1993)

Club Macquarie Hunter, Newcastle/Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia

Primary Training Base Newcastle, Australia

Q&A

Favourite food Lasagne

Favourite holiday destination Byron Bay NSW or Falls Creek VIC

Favourite music Alternative

Dream car Holden ute

Personal Motto When carbo loading for a marathon..... "If I feel full now don't worry, I'll be hungry

again soon"

Star Sign Virgo

I would spend my last $10 on good co�ee and a mu�n

If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Just the marathon. It's taken so bloody long to

get here!

Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Keiren Perkin's defense of 1500m title in 1996

First Olympic Memory? Watching Steve Monneghetti �nish strongly to place 5th at the Seoul

Olympics in 1988.

Most In�uential person in your career/life Ian Leitch my long time coach and mentor. Hundreds

of people have in�uenced me over my life, all are special.

Why this sport? The marathon is the ultimate test of endurance.

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