Mitchell Lightfoot

Mitchell Lightfoot
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 21)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)110m hurdles: 13.65 (Brisbane, 2023)
Medal record
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Honiara 110m hurdles

Mitchell Lightfoot (born 22 July 2003) is an Australian track and field athlete. In 2023, he became Australian national champion and won gold at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara in the 110m hurdles.100m hurdles[1]

Early life

Lightfoot is from Maitland, New South Wales, where he attended Maitland High School and became NSW All School Champion in the 110m hurdles.[2][3][4]

Career

In January 2022, Lightfoot won the NSW U20 Championship title in the 110m hurdles, setting a new personal best time.[5] He followed this up in April 2022 by winning the Australian U20 title.[6] Lightfoot finished fourth at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.[7]

Lightfoot won gold at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane, setting a new personal best time that places him inside the top-10 Australians of all time.[8]

In December 2023, he became the Oceanic champion at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, setting a new event record time of 14.19 seconds.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "M.Lightfoot". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ Thompson, Rod (23 January 2022). "Maitland's Lightfoot sizzles at NSW Country Championships". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "NSW ALL SCHOOLS DAY 4 REVIEW: LIGHTFOOT QUICK OVER THE HURDLES". NSW Athletics. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ Thompson, Rod (21 January 2022). "Lightfoot on fast track to success". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ Hartshorn, Michael (25 January 2022). "Mitchell Lightfoot tunes up for World Junior Championships with personal best victory". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ^ Hartshorn, Michael (21 April 2022). "Aussie champion Mitchell Lightfoot sets sights on world titles in Columbia". Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Maitland hurdler Mitchell Lightfoot's storming finale at the U20 World Champs in Colombia". Daily Telegraph. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ Callinan, Josh (5 April 2023). "Hunter hurdler Mitch Lightfoot says 'more to come' after breaking through for maiden national title, top-10 Australian time". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ Lester, Joanna (1 December 2023). "Australia's Lightfoot sets new Pacific Games record in men's 100m hurdles". Sol2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Double gold for Australia in hurdles finals". sbs.com. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Australian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.