Georgia Harris (sprinter)
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| Born | 10 June 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Georgia Harris (born 10 June 2004) is an Australian sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 Pacific Games.[1]
Career
She competed for Australia at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in both the 200 metres and the women's 4 x 100 metres relay, in which the Australian team placed sixth overall in the final.[2][3][4] In April 2023, she lowered her personal best to 11.46 seconds in winning the Australian U20 Championships 100m race. She was also second in the 200m in 23.61.[5]
In November 2023, she won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara a time of 11.70 seconds, having also topped the qualifying lists in both the heats and semi-final.[6][7]
She was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025.[8] In the first round of the 4 × 100 m relay she ran alongside Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards and Thewbelle Philp as they finished third in their heat with a time of 43.15, narrowly missing automatic qualification by 0.02 seconds.[9] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[10]
References
- ^ "Georgia Harris". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Meet the next generation of Australian athletics trailblazers". Olympics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TEAM CONFIRMED FOR CALI 2022". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "10 Juniors to keep an eye on from the Australia U20 Championships". Inside Athletics. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Pacific Games 2023: Australia celebrate double 100m wins in athletics". Olympics.com. 28 Nov 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Hawkins, Koroi (29 November 2023). "Pacific Games 2023: Australia dominate blue ribbon events". rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "A HISTORIC FIRST AS AUSTRALIA GETS SET TO CONTEST ALL SIX EVENTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". Athletics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN MIXED 4X400M RELAY TEAM PUNCH TICKETS TO TOKYO WITH OCEANIA RECORD". Athletics.com.au. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.