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57 7/23/2016 Madeline Hills AUS Team Rio 2016 O 倀ऄ cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Madeline Hills Athlete Biography Madeline Hills secured her ticket to Rio and Olympic debut with a 10 second victory in the women s steeplechase at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships. In the 䘀쐂 nal round of selections in July, she was also named to run the 5000 metres, enabling her to compete in the same double she did at the 2015 IAAF world championships. Madeline Hills 䘀쐂 rst appeared on the international athletics track in early 2000s, placing third in the 1500m at the 2003 Australian Youth Olympic festival, and competing at the World Juniors in Italy the following year. She was forced to withdraw from the 2006 World Juniors and took a remarkably long break from the sport. She returned to the sport after an seven-year absence in During her absence she focused on establishing her career as a pharmacist, studied a Masters of International Public Health, travelled around the globe and met her husband Chris in Africa in The couple married at the end of Three months after returning to the track, Hills quali 䘀쐂 ed for the 3000m steeplechase at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, where she placed fourth. In 2015 Hills had an amazing European season. She became the second fastest Australian steeplechaser in history (behind Donna McFarlane), third fastest in the 3000m and sixth fastest over 5000m with her new personal best times. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing she was fourth in her heat. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics 1/3

58 7/23/2016 Madeline Hills AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 3000m Steeplechase Women, 5000m Height 174 Women Weight 53 Age 29 Born Shellharbour, NSW, Australia Lives Wollongong, NSW, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 5th (3000m steeplechase) Stockholm Diamond League (Stockholm, Sweden) 4th (3000m steeplechase) Bislett Games - Diamond League (Oslo, Norway) 1st (3000m steeplechase) 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia) 1st (3000m steeplechase) 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia) 16th (3000m steeplechase) 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China) Career Highlights Returned to the sport following an 8 year absence (where I focused on establishing my career as a pharmacist around Australia, travelled around the globe and studied a Masters of International Public Health). Quali 䘀쐂 ed for Commonwealth Games Team (2014) in both 3000m steeplechase and 5000m within 3 months of returning to the track Commonwealth Games 䘀쐂 nished 4th behind a trio of Kenyans in a new PB In became the second fastest Australian steeplechaser in history (behind Donna McFarlane), third fastest 3000m in history and sixth fastest over the 5000m. Quali 䘀쐂 ed for both 5000m and 3000m steeplechase at 2015 World Championships (Beijing) and the 2016 Rio Olympics Education Primary Jamberoo Public School, NSW, Australia Secondary Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong,NSW 2/3

59 7/23/2016 Madeline Hills AUS Team Rio 2016 Tertiary Bachelor of Pharmacy - Sydney University ( ), Masters of International Public Health - University of NSW ( ) Training Coach Adam Didyk ( current) Club Kembla Joggers - Wollongong - NSW (Australia) Institute/Academy NSWIS Q&A Favourite food Cheese Favourite holiday destination Uganda - fell in love with my husband Chris in 2010 white water rafting the Nile river and backpacking around East Africa Favourite music Reggae Personal Motto Be the change you wish to see in the world I would spend my last $10 on Dessert If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Triathlon Most In 倀霂 uential person in your career/life My husband (Chris) and my parents Why this sport? You just run. Fast. Pure and simple. 3/3

60 7/23/2016 Tanya Holliday AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Tanya Holliday Athlete Biography South Australian Tanya Holliday secured her Olympic debut in the 20km walk with a personal best performance and 16th place at the 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in May in Italy. Competing in a world class eld in Rome, she completed the course in a time of 1:29.56 to become the seventh fastest Australian women of all-time. Holliday secure a Rio berth alongside team mates Regan Lamble and Rachel Tallent. Coached by Craig Hilliard for the past two years, Holliday was the 10,000m 2015 National Champion but was forced to pull out of the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing due to injury. Holliday s Olympic dreams started 13 years ago when she took home the bronze medal in the 5000m event at the 2003 Australian Youth Olympics Festival before she won the silver in She went on to compete at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She s performed strongly at international events, nishing 45th at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow (1:35.18) and 39th at the 2014 World Race Walking Cup. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts 1/3

61 7/23/2016 Tanya Holliday AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 20km Walk Women Height 167 Weight 52 Age 27 Born Bedford Park, SA, Australia Lives Canberra, ACT, Australia Associated Olympians Jenny Blundell Madeline Hills Rhydian Cowley Rachel Tallent MORE Education Primary Brighton Primary School (SA, Australia) Secondary Brighton Secondary School (SA, Australia) Tertiary Diploma Remedial Massage, Diploma Aromatherapy (TAFE, SA, Australia) Training Coach Craig Hilliard Current Club Flinders Athletics Club, SA, AUS Institute/Academy SASI Primary Training Base AIS Secondary Training Base AIS Q&A Favourite food Pizza Favourite holiday destination Anywhere relaxing on a beach 2/3

62 7/23/2016 Tanya Holliday AUS Team Rio 2016 Favourite music R'n'B Dream car Range Rover Star Sign Virgo I would spend my last $10 on icecream Tattoos/Piercings pierced ears because i like earrings First Olympic Memory? Sydney Olympics Most In 倎 Ȃuential person in your career/life Parents, Partner and sisters Why this sport? I believe this sport chose me 3/3

63 7/23/2016 Chelsea Jaensch AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䘀朄 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Sport Status 1/3

64 7/23/2016 Chelsea Jaensch AUS Team Rio 2016 Event/s Height Weight Age Born Lives Primary Secondary Tertiary Coach Club Institute/Academy Primary Training Base 2/3

65 7/23/2016 Chelsea Jaensch AUS Team Rio 2016 Superstition/s Favourite food Favourite holiday destination Favourite music Dream car Personal Motto Star Sign I would spend my last $10 on Tattoos/Piercings If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Most In 䘀 uential person in your career/life Why this sport? 3/3

66 7/23/2016 Michelle Jenneke AUS Team Rio 2016 Oჸcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Michelle Jenneke Athlete Biography 22-year-old Michelle Jenneke booked her ticket to Rio in explosive fashion by taking out the National Championship 100m hurdles 䴨လ nal and posting a qualifying time of in the process. Jenneke, from Sydney, started training with her coach Mick Zisti when she was 10 years-old and has been with him ever since. In 2010 Jenneke won silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. And in 2012 she became an internet sensation when a video of her dancing before the 100m hurdles 䴨လ nal at the World Junior Championships went viral. Jenneke set a personal best time of seconds and became the second fastest Australian of alltime at the 2015 National Championships in Brisbane. Later that year she won bronze at the 2015 World University Games in Korea and was a semi- 䴨လ nalist at the 2015 World Championships. In March 2016 she represented Australia at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, USA and 䴨လ nished ranked 10th. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected 1/3

67 7/23/2016 Michelle Jenneke AUS Team Rio 2016 Event/s 100m Hurdles Women Nickname Shelly Height 172 Weight 67 Age 23 Born Sydney, NSW, Australia Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 wil be Olympic debut 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games - 2nd (100m hurdles) Recent Performances 1st (100m hurdles) 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia) 10th (100m hurdles) 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships (Portland, USA) 1st (100m hurdles) 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia) 1st (100m hurdles) 2016 NSW Championships (Sydney, Australia) 18th (100m hurdles) 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China) Career Highlights Setting a personal best time and becoming the second fastest Australian of all time in the women's 100m hurdles at the National Championships in Brisbane, Placing second in the women's 100m hurdles at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, Placing third in the women's 100m hurdles at the World University Games in Gwangju, Education Secondary The Hills Grammar School (NSW, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) - University of Sydney (2012- ) Training Coach Michael Zisti (2004-current) Club Sydney University Athletics Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia Institute/Academy NSWIS Primary Training Base Sydney, Australia 2/3

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69 7/23/2016 Selma Kajan AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䘀朄 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Sport Status Event/s Nickname 1/3

70 7/23/2016 Selma Kajan AUS Team Rio 2016 Height Weight Age Born Primary Secondary Tertiary Coach Club Institute/Academy Primary Training Base Secondary Training Base 2/3

71 7/23/2016 Selma Kajan AUS Team Rio 2016 Superstition/s Favourite food Favourite holiday destination Favourite music Dream car Personal Motto Star Sign I would spend my last $10 on Tattoos/Piercings If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? First Olympic Memory? Most In 䘀 uential person in your career/life Why this sport? 3/3

72 7/23/2016 Genevieve LaCaze AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䘀朄 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Genevieve LaCaze Athlete Biography A silver medal behind Madeline Hills at the 2016 National Championships helped book Genevieve LaCaze on the plane to Rio and a chance to compete at her second Olympic Games. In the leadup to Rio, Lacaze has been in terri c form. Over 50 days in May and June she has run seven consecutive personal bests (800m, 3 x 5000m, 3 x 3000m Steeplechase) highlights have been moving to third fastest Australian ever in the steeplechase and achieving her rst 5000m Olympic quali er. As she was the current national 5000m champion, she was an automatic selection in this event in the nal round of selections in July LaCaze kick-started her athletics career when she accepted an athletics scholarship at the University of Florida in America in She completed a Bachelor of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology while representing the university on the athletics track. LaCaze shaved 14 seconds o her personal best time in the space of ve days to qualify for the London 2012 Games in the 3000m steeplechase. She nished ninth in her heat with another PB, placing her 22nd overall. After placing fth at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, LaCaze became an internet and news sensation when she joined Kylie Minogue on stage at the closing ceremony. Now living and training in Melbourne, LaCaze dates fellow London Olympian, training partner and 1500m runner Ryan Gregson. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics 1/3

73 7/23/2016 Genevieve LaCaze AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 3000m Steeplechase Women, 5000m Nickname Gen Women Height 164 Weight 53 Age 26 Born Benowa, QLD, Australia Lives Florida, United States Olympic Information 2012 London 22nd (3000m steeplechase) Recent Performances 6th (3000m Steeple) Bislett Diamond League (Oslo, Norway) 6th (5000m) Birmingham Diamond League (Birmingham, GBR) 1st (5000m) 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia) 2nd (3000m steeplechase) 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia) 22nd (3000m steeplechase) 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China) Career Highlights Setting a personal best time in the women's 3000m Steeplechase at the London Olympics, 2012 Setting a personal best time in the women's 3000m Steeplechase at the Glasgow Diamond League, 2014 Finishing fth in the women's 3000m Steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games, 2014 Education Primary Tamborine Mountain State School (QLD, Australia) Secondary John Paul College (QLD, Australia) Tertiary Applied Physiology and Kinesiology (Fitness and Wellness) - University of Florida (2008 ) 2/3

74 7/23/2016 Genevieve LaCaze AUS Team Rio 2016 Training Coach Nic Bideau ( current) Club Glenhuntly, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Secondary Training Base London, UK Q&A Favourite food T-bone steak as rare as possible! Favourite holiday destination Tenerife Favourite music Mainstream - pretty much what ever is on the radio. Dream car 2013 Mercedez Benz G-Class SUV Personal Motto Be thankful, stay humble and cherish your loved ones. Star Sign Leo I would spend my last $10 on pizza Tattoos/Piercings Australia tattooed with the Olympic rings in the middle If I could try another Olympic sport it would be If I had the skill tennis Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman's Gold, Sydney Olympics, 2000 Most In 䘀 uential person in your career/life my parents Why this sport? because it is the toughest 3/3

75 7/23/2016 Regan Lamble AUS Team Rio 2016 O 倀ऄ cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team 1/3

76 7/23/2016 Regan Lamble AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Status Event/s Height Weight Age Born Lives Primary Secondary Tertiary Coach Club 2/3

77 7/23/2016 Regan Lamble AUS Team Rio 2016 Institute/Academy Primary Training Base Secondary Training Base Dream car Star Sign I would spend my last $10 on If I could try another Olympic sport it would be First Olympic Memory? Why this sport? 3/3

78 7/23/2016 Fabrice Lapierre AUS Team Rio 2016 O 倀ऄ cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Fabrice Lapierre Athlete Biography Fabrice Lapierre jumped 8.27m at the 2016 Australian Championships to win the national title and to con rm his selection for Rio in style. The mark was his furthest to date to start the season. His career best form continued in the northern hemisphere with nine consecutive eight metre jumps and ve Diamond League nishes. Lapierre made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2008, aged 24, when he nished 16th in the long jump. He missed the London 2012 Games due to a hamstring injury. He has been jumping over eight metres since 2006 and has delivered at the big events to have an impressive trophy cabinet. The only medal missing is from the Olympics. He moved to Arizona, USA in 2014 to train under the guidance of Dan Pfa at the Altis Athletics Club; a move that has paid o with several world podiums after that. He won silver at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. He won gold in 2010 and silver in 2016 at the World Indoors, and he has a Commonwealth gold (2010) and bronze (2006). His outdoor personal best of 8.40m from 2010 ranks him as third best Australian behind 2012 Olympic silver medallist Mitchell Watt (8.54m) and Sydney 2000 silver medallist Jai Taurima (8.48m). He is the national indoor record holder with his 8.25m from Portland All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics 1/3

79 7/23/2016 Fabrice Lapierre AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s Long Jump Men Nickname Fab Height 179 Weight 69 Age 32 Born Reduit, Mauritius Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia Olympic Information 2008 Beijing - 15th (long jump) Recent Performances 2nd (long jump) - Monaco Diamond League (Monaco) 3rd (long jump) - Rome Diamond League (Rome, Italy) 1st (long jump) 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia) 2nd (long jump) 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships (Portland, USA) 2nd (long jump) 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China) Career Highlights Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Silver Medal 2015 World Athletics Championships 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold medal Education Primary Quakers Hill Parish School (NSW, Australia) Secondary West eld Sports High School (NSW, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Science - Texas A & M University ( ) Training Coach Dan Pfa ( current) 2/3

80 7/23/2016 Fabrice Lapierre AUS Team Rio 2016 Club West eld AC Primary Training Base Phoenix, AZ USA Secondary Training Base Sydney, NSW Australia Q&A Favourite food Pizza Favourite holiday destination Las Vegas Dream car Ferrari Star Sign Libra I would spend my last $10 on Casino Gambling Tattoos/Piercings Ears Pierced, Tattoo (back) If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Basketball First Olympic Memory? Sydney 2000 at my home city Most In 倀霂 uential person in your career/life Parents 3/3

81 7/23/2016 Kurtis Marschall AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Kurtis Marschall Athlete Biography South Australian teenager Kurtis Marschall started the summer with a pole vault best of 5.42m. But after a whirlwind six months, he has raised that best to 5.70m smashing the Australian junior record and ranking as eighth best junior performance in history. After some close tussles over the last couple of years with NSW s Angus Armstrong, Marschall exploded in March in Perth winning the national junior title and raising his personal best to 5.50m. At the senior nationals in April he again won and raised his best to 5.55m. On tour in Europe preparing for the IAAF world junior championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in late July, Marschall opened his campaign with a stunning 5.70m clearance competing in Mannheim, Germany. It was the highest vault by a junior in the world for three years. Australia has a strong recent tradition in pole vaulting built by Steve Hooker, Dmitri Markov, Viktor Chistiakov and Paul Burgess who have won medals at all the major championships. Marschall is coached by former national championship medallist Kym Simons in Adelaide. Pole vault has been the strongest event in the state s history, producing and developing six of top-10 Australians of all time. Away from the track, Marschall is not far from sport, currently in his second year of a Bachelor of Human Movement at the University of South Australia. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics 1/3

82 7/23/2016 Kurtis Marschall AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s Pole Vault Men Nickname Kurtis Age 19 Born North Adelaide, SA, Australia Lives Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut. Recent Performances 1st (Pole Vault) Mannheim Junior Gala (Mannheim, Germany) 1st (Pole Vault) Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia) 1st (Pole Vault) Australian U20 Athletics Championships (Perth, Australia) 1st (Pole Vault) Perth Track Classic (Perth, Australia) 20th (Pole Vault) IAAF World Juniors Championships (Eugene, USA) Career Highlights Setting a personal best, Olympic quali 䘀쐂 er and national U20 record in Mannheim Junior Gala, June 2016 Winning the national senior title with a PB of 5.55m in Sydney, April 2016 Winning the national junior title with a PB of 5.50m in Perth, March 2016 Education Primary Breview Pimary School (SA, Australia) Secondary Woodcroft College (SA, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Human Movement - University of South Australia (2015-current) Training Coach Kym Simons (2010- current) Club Western Districts Athletics Club 2/3

83 7/23/2016 Kurtis Marschall AUS Team Rio 2016 Institute/Academy SASI Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia Q&A Superstition/s Lucky undies on comp day Favourite food Big Fat Juicy Burgers Favourite holiday destination QLD Favourite music EDM Remixes Dream car WV golf GTI Personal Motto Control the controlables Star Sign Taurus I would spend my last $10 on Chocolate Tattoos/Piercings Altius In writing on my ribs If I could try another Olympic sport it would be High Jump Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Steve Hooker Olympic gold 2008 Men's Pole Vault First Olympic Memory? 2000 women's 400m 䘀쐂 nal Most In 倎 Ȃuential person in your career/life Sergey Bubka Why this sport? The Pursuit of Perfection is its own reward 3/3

84 7/23/2016 Luke Mathews AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team 1/3

85 7/23/2016 Luke Mathews AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Status Event/s Nickname Height Weight Age Born Lives Primary Secondary Tertiary Coach Club Institute/Academy Primary Training Base 2/3

86 7/23/2016 Luke Mathews AUS Team Rio 2016 Secondary Training Base Favourite food Favourite holiday destination Favourite music Dream car Star Sign I would spend my last $10 on Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? First Olympic Memory? Most In 倎 Ȃuential person in your career/life 3/3

87 7/23/2016 Sam McEntee AUS Team Rio 2016 O 倀ऄ cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Sam McEntee Athlete Biography In April Sam McEntee defeated a crack 㵌 eld to win the national 5000 metres championships. He only needed to add a qualifying performance to secure automatic selection for his 㵌 rst Olympic Games; which he achieved in May at Stanford running 13: The importance of that nationals win would become relevant in July as 㵌 ve athletes sat on quali 㵌 ers for selectors to deliberate over. After running in the US college system, with Villanova University ( ), he returned to Australia where he had a strong 2016 domestic season running personal bests over 3000 and 5000 metres. McEntee rates his college coach, Marcus O'Sullivan, the great Irish distance runner who ran over 100 sub-four minute miles, as the most in 㵌 uential person in his career. The Science graduate, who was raised in Perth, now resides in Melbourne where he trains with the Nic Bideau squad. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 5000m Men Height 191 Weight 67 Age /3

88 7/23/2016 Sam McEntee AUS Team Rio 2016 Born EastMelbourne, VIC, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut. Recent Performances 4th (5000m) 2016 Jordan Payton Track Classic (Stanford, USA) 1st (5000m) 2016 Australian Championships (Sydney, Australia) 2nd (5000m) 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia) 1st (5000m) 2016 Briggs Track Classic (Hobart, Australia) 4th (4x1500m) 2014 IAAF World Relays (Nassau, Bahamas) Education Primary Hale School, WA, Australia Secondary Hale School, WA, Australia Tertiary Bachelor of Science - Villanova University ( ) Training Coach Nic Bideau ( current) Club St. Kevins, Victoria Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Secondary Training Base Teddington, England Q&A Superstition/s none Favourite food Pizza Star Sign Aquarius I would spend my last $10 on Food If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Basketball Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Yuriy Borzakovskiy, 800m Athens /3

89 7/23/2016 Sam McEntee AUS Team Rio 2016 First Olympic Memory? Sydney 2000 with my Dad Most In 倀霂 uential person in your career/life Marcus O'Sullivan 3/3

90 7/23/2016 David McNeill AUS Team Rio 2016 Ocial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team David McNeill Athlete Biography David McNeill secured selection for Rio 2016 by running a 10,000m qualifying time in USA in May 2015 and then winning Zatopek in December. This will be his second Games after competing in the 5,000m at London McNeill missed qualiخجラcation for the 2015 World Championships 10,000m by 0.01 seconds. McNeill is a self-proclaimed foodie and cooking enthusiast. Once baked a cake that Jamie Oliver liked and retweeted on twitter! He has been a vegetarian most of his life, and more recently, a pescatarian Has had research published in three diꃴ柣erent scientiخجラc journals. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 10000m Men Nickname Dave Height 175 Weight 53 Age 29 Born East Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Tucson, AZ, United States 1/3

91 7/23/2016 David McNeill AUS Team Rio 2016 Olympic Information 2012 London - 28th (5000m) Recent Performances 1st (10,000m) Zatopek Classic (Melbourne, Australia) 4th (10,000m) Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, USA) 87th (X-Country) World Cross Country Championships (Guiyang, China) Career Highlights 2008 and 2015 Australian 10,000m champion NCAA indoor and outdoor 5000m champion. Running at the 2012 London Olympics in front of my family. Education Primary St Anthony's Primary School (VIC, Australia) Secondary Xavier College (VIC, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science - Northern Arizona University ( ); Master of Science in Exercise Physiology - Northern Arizona University ( ) Training Coach Nic Bideau (2014-present) Club Old Xaverians Athletic Club Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Secondary Training Base Flagstaꃴ柣, Arizona, USA Q&A 2/3

92 7/23/2016 David McNeill AUS Team Rio 2016 Favourite food Sushi Favourite music House music Dream car I don't dream about cars Personal Motto My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy Star Sign Libra I would spend my last $10 on Groceries If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Cycling Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Haile Gebrselassie's second gold medal in Sydney 2000 First Olympic Memory? Watching Cathy Freeman win silver in Atlanta over 400m Most Inuential person in your career/life Former training partner, 4x Olympian, and all round good bloke, Bernard Lagat Why this sport? When I run, I feel happiest. I feel running creates the best version of myself for all other aspects of my life. 3/3

93 7/23/2016 Kim Mickle AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Kim Mickle Athlete Biography Kim Mickle made her Olympic debut in London, nishing 17th overall. The following year she had a breakthrough silver at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Her distinguished career started as the World Youth Champion in A year earlier she was a junior o cial at the Sydney Olympic Games, collecting a javelin when Cathy Freeman won Olympic gold. Mickle started Little Athletics at age six and began competing at 13. In 2002 a severe elbow injury at the World Junior Championships saw Mickle put down the javelin for three years while she had two elbow reconstructions. She claimed her rst national title in 2005, and has taken out the title every year since then, except once. The four-time World Championship representative competed at the 2015 World Championships with an injured shoulder and was forced to get surgery soon afterwards and is ghting to be t for Rio She did not compete at the Trials in April and will undertake the 100km Oxfam Trailwalk in April 2016 to raise money for charity. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected 1/3

94 7/23/2016 Kim Mickle AUS Team Rio 2016 Event/s Javelin Throw Women Height 168 Weight 70 Age 31 Born Perth, WA, Australia Lives Perth, WA, Australia Olympic Information 2012 London - 17th (javelin) Recent Performances 22nd (javelin) 2015 World Championships (Beijing, China) 1st (javelin) 2015 Australian Championships (Brisbane, Australia) 2nd (javelin) 2015 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia) 1st (javelin) 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) Career Highlights Winning gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Silver at the 2013 World Championships Breaking the Australian record (66.83m in 2014) Education Primary Frederick Irwin Anglican School (WA, Australia) Secondary Frederick Irwin Anglican School (WA, Australia) Tertiary Certi cate II in Sport and Recreation (2002) Training Coach Grant Ward ( current) Club Wais Institute/Academy Wais Primary Training Base Perth, Australia 2/3

95 7/23/2016 Kim Mickle AUS Team Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite food Sushi Favourite holiday destination Dunsborough WA Favourite music Rock Dream car One that works Personal Motto Success is the journey, not the destination Star Sign Capricorn I would spend my last $10 on Food Tattoos/Piercings Olympic Rings tattoo on right foot If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Every sport Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman Why this sport? Fast arm 3/3

96 7/23/2016 Kathryn Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Sport Status Event/s Nickname Height Weight Age Born Lives 1/3

97 7/23/2016 Kathryn Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Primary Secondary Tertiary Coach Primary Training Base Favourite holiday destination Favourite music Dream car Star Sign 2/3

98 7/23/2016 Kathryn Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 I would spend my last $10 on 3/3

99 7/23/2016 Morgan Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Oᾶ쟭cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Morgan Mitchell Athlete Biography Unbeaten in the women's 400m during the 2016 season, Morgan Mitchell proved she was the best sealing her Olympic selection by taking out the 2016 National Title. In June she opened her European campaign with a stunning personal best of 51.25, moving up 12 places on the Australian All Time list and clocking the fastest time by an Australian for 13 years. Mitchell started Little Athletics when she was very young, but put her athletics career on pause as a teenager to peruse her passion for netball and basketball, which she played at a representative level. Cathy Freeman was the motivation for the talented athlete to choose athletics over other sports. She remembers watching her win at Sydney 2000 when she was in Little Athletics. At 17 years-old she was part of the under 19 Australian Netball Squad. The same year she represented Australia at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, placing eighth in the 4 x 400m relay 倀茂 nal and fourth in her 400m semi- 倀茂 nal. She made the 400m semi- 倀茂 nals at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and placed fourth in the 倀茂 nal of the 4 x 400m relay. With her teammates Anneliese Rubie, Jess Gulli and Lyndsay Perkin they made the 倀茂 nal of the World Relay Finals in 2015 to secure Australia a place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In the July round of selections for the Olympics, Mitchell was added to the 4x400m relay squad. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics 1/3

100 7/23/2016 Morgan Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected Event/s 4 x 400m Relay Women, 400m Women Height 177 Weight 63 Age 21 Born Carlton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Melbourne, VIC, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 3rd (400m) Birmingham Diamond League (Birmingham, GBR) 5th (400m) Bislett Diamond League (Oslo, Norway) 1st (400m) 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia) 7th (4 x 400m) 2015 IAAF World Relays (Nassau, Bahamas) 2nd (400m) 2015 Australian Championships (Brisbane, Australia) Career Highlights Qualifying for my 倀茂 rst ever Olympics and at the same time winning my second 400m National title in Sydney, Setting a personal best time for the 400m in my 倀茂 rst International season race in Birmingham running in June Winning my 倀茂 rst National 400m title in 2014 in Melbourne. Education Primary Galilee Primary School (VIC, Australia) Secondary Williamstown High School (VIC, Australia) Training Coach Peter Fitzgerald - ( current) 2/3

101 7/23/2016 Morgan Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Club Western Athletics, VIC, Australia Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Q&A Favourite food Vegetable Dumplings Star Sign Libra I would spend my last $10 on Dumplings Tattoos/Piercings I have 12 tattoos and counting. They're all around my ankles/hand/wrist area. I also have one on the inside of my bottom lip. If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Gymnastics, Boxing or Badminton Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Nadia Comenci scoring a perfect 10 in Montreal Also Cath Freeman's 400m 倀茂 nal in Sydney /3

102 7/23/2016 Victoria Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Victoria Mitchell Athlete Biography A bronze medal at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships helped Victoria Mitchell become the third steeplechase runner to be selected for the Rio Olympic Games, alongside fellow Team members Madeline Hills and Genevieve LaCaze. Growing up in the small Victoria town of Mans eld, Victoria Mitchell has been a long distance runner specialising in the steeplchase on the international stage for over a decade. After school she completed a Bachelor of Education (P.E. with honours) at the University of Ballarat. Mitchell moved to America in 2004 to study a Masters in Education on a scholarship at the Butler University, Indianapolis. Whilst studying she competed at the World University Games in 2005 and the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games where she placed fourth in the 3000m steeplechase was the year that she set her personal bests for the 3000m steeple, mile, 3000m and 5000m. She was fourth in the World Cup nal in the Athens Olympic Stadium. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Athletics Fast Facts Sport Athletics Status Selected 1/3

103 7/23/2016 Victoria Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Event/s 3000m Steeplechase Women Height 164 Weight 47 Age 34 Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia Olympic Information 2008 Beijing 32nd (3000m steeplechase) Recent Performances 3rd (3000m steeplechase) 2016 Australian Athletics Championships (Sydney, Australia) 3rd (3000m steeplechase) 2016 IAAF World Challenge (Melbourne, Australia) 26th (3000m steeplechase) 2015 IAAF World Championships (Beijing, China) 2nd (3000m steeplechase) 2015 Joensuu Games (Joensuu, Finland) 9th (3000m steeplechase) 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) Career Highlights Commonwealth Games Melbourne th Education Primary Mans eld Primary School Secondary Mans eld Secondary School Tertiary Bachelor of Education (PE with Hons) University of Ballarat ( ). Masters in Education, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA ( ). Training Coach Peter Good ( current) Q&A 2/3

104 7/23/2016 Victoria Mitchell AUS Team Rio 2016 Superstition/s Superstitions are a prison! Dream car MINI Cooper (brand new or Countryman) Personal Motto I always work at being my best self and enjoy empowering others to be their best self. Star Sign Taurus I would spend my last $10 on A co ee and banana bread from About Life Cafe. Tattoos/Piercings Olympic rings - left ribs - my greatest achievement Stars - right ribs - stars are always on your side. Amor Fati (latin for love of one's fate) on left wrist. Ace of diamonds right arm - My father called his four kids his four aces and I was the diamond (he is dead). If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Equestrian - showjumping Most In 倎 Ȃuential person in your career/life Other than myself... Steve Ward (PE Teacher) and Nic Bideau. Why this sport? It is my talent 3/3