Forty-eight of Australia's best athlete will compete at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships commencing 4 August 2017. We are proud to say that of those forty-eight athletes more than half the team came through Little Athletics!The biggest team to compete at an able-bodied world championship since Seville (ESP) in 1999 and the largest ever squad to duel in the year prior to a Commonwealth Games, the contingent features Rio 2016 Olympic Games medallist Dane Bird-Smith (ex- Toowong Harriers Little Athletics Centre) and IAAF World Championship podium finishers Fabrice Lapierre (ex- Blacktown Little Athletics Centre), Dani Stevens (LAA Roll of Excellence, ex Holroyd and Greystanes Little Athletics Centres) and Sally Pearson (ex- Hellensvale & Ashmore Little Athletics Centre).
Team Australia has now begun to arrive at the Tonbridge School in Tonbridge (GBR) for a preparation camp that continues until 1 August. The squad will then move to the host city of London for competition across ten days at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 4 August.
All the very best to all athletes competing!
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Peter Bol | 800m | Former Little Athlete | Gosnells Little Athletics Centre |
Ryan Gregson | 1500m | Former Little Athlete | Albion Park Little Athletics Centre |
Luke Matthews | 1500m | Former Little Athlete | Werribee Little Athletics Club |
Jordan Williamsz | 1500m | Former Little Athlete | |
Nicholas Hough | 110m Hurdles | Former Little Athlete | Hills District Little Athletics Centre |
Henry Frayne | Long Jump | Former Little Athlete | Clarence Little Athletics Centre |
Fabrice Lapierre | Long Jump | Former Little Athlete | Blacktown Little Athletics Centre |
Damien Birkinhead | Shot Put | Former Little Athlete | Corio & Golden Plains Little Athletics Centre |
Ben Harradine | Discus Throw | Former Little Athlete | Macquarie Shores Little Athletics Centre |
Hamish Peacock | Javelin Throw | Former Little Athlete | |
Cedric Dubler | Decathlon | Former Little Athlete | Toowong Harriers & Aspley Little Athletics Centres |
Dane Bird-Smith | 20km Walk | Former Little Athlete | Toowong Harriers Little Athletics Centre |
Rhydian Cowley | 20km Walk | Former Little Athlete | Knox Little Athletics Centre |
Tom Gamble | 4 x 100m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Wynnum Manly Little Athletics Centre |
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Rilay Day | 200m | Former Little Athlete | Beaudesert Little Athletics Centre |
Ella Nelson | 200m, 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Sutherland Little Athletics |
Morgan Mitchell | 400m, 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Werribee Little Athletics Club |
Lora Storey | 800m | Former Little Athlete | Mundaring Little Athletics Centre |
Zoe Buckman | 1500m | Former Little Athlete | Woden Little Athletics Centre |
Madeline Hills | 5000m, 10,000m | Former Little Athlete | Wollongong City Little Athletics Centre |
Eloise Wellings | 5000m, 10,000m | Former Little Athlete | Sutherland Little Athletics |
Michelle Jenneke | 100m Hurdles | Former Little Athlete | Cherrybrooke Little Athletics Centre |
Sally Pearson | 100m Hurdles | Former Little Athlete | Helensvale & Ashmore Little Athletics Centre |
Lauren Wells | 400m Hurdles, 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Corroboree Little Athletics Centre |
Genevieve LaCaze | 3000m SC | Former Little Athlete | Helensvale Little Athletics Centre |
Naa Anang | Long Jump | Former Little Athlete | City North/Kedron Little Athletics Centre |
Brooke Stratton | Long Jump | Former Little Athlete | Nunawading Little Athletics Centre |
Nicola McDermott | High Jump | Former Little Athlete | |
Dani Stevens | Discus Throw | Former Little Athlete |
Holroyd and Greystanes Little Athletics Centres
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Taryn Gollshewsky | Discus Throw | Former Little Athlete | West Bundaberg Little Athletics Centre |
Regan Lamble | 20km Walk | Former Little Athlete | Nunawading Little Athletics Centre |
Beki Smith | 20km Walk | Former Little Athlete | Minchinbury Little Athletics Centre |
Jess Trengove | Marathon | Former Little Athlete | |
Ella Connolly | 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Deception Bay Little Athletics Centre |
Anneliese Rubie | 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Manly Warringah LAC |
Jess Thornton | 4 x 400m Relay | Former Little Athlete | Randwick Botany Little Athletics Centre |
Claire Tallent | 20km Walk | Former Little Athlete | Enfield Little Athletics Centre |
Coles Little Athletics Australia acknowledges and pays respect to all traditional custodians of the lands of which we work, run, jump and throw throughout Australia. We pay respect to elders both past, present and emerging.
We are committed to a positive future for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and to honor their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country and recognize the role and value of culture.