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Peyton Craig
Peyton Craig at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle distance running
Achievements and titles
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)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  AUS
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Suva 800 m
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Lima 800 m

Peyton Craig (born 28 March 2005) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in middle distance running.

Early life

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.

Career

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. He competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022 over 1500 metres.

He won the 2023 de Castella 3000m in 8:18.17 in December 2023 in Melbourne.

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. The following week, he won the Adelaide Invitational and lowered his personal best to 1.45.41. At the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, he finished third in the men's 800 metres race.

In June 2024, win gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji over 800 metres. That month, he set a new personal best and met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics, running 1:44.12 in Vienna.

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.

He won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.

References

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  2. ^ Gates, Zachary. "Meet Aussie teen running gun Peyton Craig, a multi-talented sports star eyeing the Paris Olympics". Nine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. "Men's 15000 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "On strengthens its OAC Oceania roster with Peyton Craig". Running-Insights. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Peyton Craig Breaks the Australian U20 800m Record". Runnerstribe. January 26, 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. "Aussie teen gun scraps epic victory". Nine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. "Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris". athletics.com.au. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  8. "GOLDEN RUNS GALORE ON DAY 7 - OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. Nalwala, Ali Asgar (24 June 2024). "AUSTRALIA'S PEYTON CRAIG BREACHES PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS ENTRY STANDARD AT TRACK NIGHT VIENNA". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. "Men's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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