Craig Mottram

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Craig Mottram

Craig Mottram (born June 18, 1980 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian long-distance runner and multiple Oceania record holder.

He achieved his best results in the 5000 meter run , in which he was Australian champion six times (2002, 2004 to 2008). In 2002 he was also national champion over 1500 m .

At the cross-country world championships he was eighth on the short distance in 2001, fifth in 2002 and ninth in 2004. In 2000 he started at the Olympic Games in Sydney over 5000 m, but was eliminated in the preliminary run. The following year he reached the semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton over 1500 m.

After finishing sixth over 5000 m at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 and eighth at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was considered a secret favorite at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 and the only white runner to cross this route like Dieter Baumann once did could stand up to the African runners. With a good final sprint he won the bronze medal behind Benjamin Limo (KEN) and Sileshi Sihine (ETH).

In 2006 he won the silver medal over 5000 m at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and was ninth over 1500 m. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, he came 13th over 5000 m, and at the 2008 Olympic Games he just missed the finals.

He is also successful in road races . From 2003 to 2006 he won the Great Ireland Run four times in a row . At the Healthy Kidney 10K , with his victories in 2005 and 2006, he is so far the only man to have won twice. He also won the Great Manchester Run in 2004 and the San Silvestre Vallecana and in 2007 the Lucerne City Run .

Craig Mottram is 1.88 meters tall, weighs 71 kg and is a lifeguard by profession .

Personal bests

  • 1500 m: 3: 33.97 min, August 18, 2006, Zurich
  • 1 mile : 3: 48.98 min, July 29, 2005, Oslo (Oceania record)
  • 2000 m : 4: 50.76 min, March 9, 2006, Melbourne (Oceania record)
  • 3000 m : 7: 32.19 min, September 17, 2006, Athens (Oceania record)
    • Hall: 7: 34.50 min, January 26, 2008, Boston
  • 5000 m: 12: 55.76 min, July 30, 2004, London (Oceania record)
  • 10,000 m : 27: 34.48 min, May 4th 2008, Palo Alto
  • 10 km road run: 27:54 min, May 23, 2004, Manchester (Oceania record)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Outdoor 5000m Championships for Australia on arrs.run
personal data
SURNAME Mottram, Craig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne