Olivia Sandery
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||
Born | Adelaide, Australia | 22 January 2003||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Race walking | ||||||||
Medal record
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Olivia Sandery (born 22 January 2003) is an Australian race walker. She won the 10,000 m walk at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships. In 2024, she won the national title over 35 km.[1]
Career
She is from South Australia and coached by Jarred Tallent. She set a 10 km personal best of 45:24 in January 2022.[2] In March 2022, she won silver in the women's U20 10 km team walk at the 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Muscat, Oman.[3] In May 2022, she finished third in the 35 km walk at the Oceania Open 35 km Race Walking Championships.[4]
She finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's 10,000 metres walk in Cali, Colombia. She set a personal best of 45:19.63 in the 10,000 m at Supernova #1 in January 2023, before setting a new South Australian record of 21:09.08 over 5000 m in March 2023.[5]
She won the 10,000 m walk at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane in 2023.[6] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the women's 20 kilometres walk in Budapest in August 2023.[7]
In February 2024, she finished third at the Oceanian & Australian 20 km Race Walking Championships over 20 km.[8] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 20 kilometres walk.[9] In December 2024, she set an Australian record time of 2:45:31 in winning the 35 km national race walking championship.[10]
References
- ^ "Olivia Sandery". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian race walkers using Muscat as building block in long-term plan". World Athletics. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "SANDERY WINS SILVER AT WORLD RACE WALKING CHAMPS". Athleticssa.com. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Oceania Open 35km Race Walking Championships". World Athletics. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "FOR GOLD AND GLORY". Athletics.com.au. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian walker Jemima Montag claims silver medal at World Athletics Championships in Budapest". abc.net.au. 20 Aug 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Oceanian & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships". World Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Program: "I didn't think she should keep going" - doctor comments on SA's Olympic walker". abc.net.au. 1 Aug 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "SANDERY AND COWLEY CROWNED 35KM RACE WALK CHAMPIONS IN MELBOURNE". Athletics.com.au. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.