Georgia Griffith
Georgia Griffith | |||||||||||||
Full name | Georgia Helen Griffith | ||||||||||||
nation | Australia | ||||||||||||
birthday | 5th December 1996 (age 23) | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Canberra , Australia | ||||||||||||
size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Middle distance run | ||||||||||||
Trainer | Steve Ellinghaus | ||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||
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last change: July 30, 2019 |
Georgia Helen Griffith (born December 5, 1996 in Canberra ) is an Australian athlete who competes in the middle distance run .
Athletic career
Georgia Griffith gained her first international experience at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Hayward Field in Eugene , where she just barely missed a medal in the 800 meter run in 2: 04.12 min . It was also used in the 4 x 400 meter relay and took seventh place in the final in 3: 39.65 minutes. In 2017 she qualified for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated in both the 800 and 1500 meters in the heats. Two weeks later, she was at the Summer Universiade in Taipei in 2: 03.52 min Fourth. The following year she took part for the first time in the Commonwealth Games in her native Gold Coast . She was eliminated in the first lap over 800 meters in 2: 00.73 minutes and finished fifth in the 1500 meter competition in 4: 04.07 minutes.
In 2019 Griffith won the Oceania Championships in Townsville in 4: 12.53 min and shortly afterwards won the silver medal at the Student World Games in Naples behind the German Caterina Granz in 4: 09.89 min .
Griffith studies graphic design and economics at Monash University in Melbourne .
Personal best
- 800 meters: 2:00, 13 min, June 15, 2018 in Portland
- 1500 meters: 4: 04.17 min, April 10, 2018 in Gold Coast
Web links
- Georgia Griffith in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Georgia Griffith on data.2017.gov.taipei
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SURNAME | Griffith, Georgia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffith, Georgia Helen (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Canberra |