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Georgia Griffith
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	5 December 1996 (age 28); Canberra, Australia
Education	Monash University
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event(s)	800 and 1500 metres
Club	melbourne Track Club

Georgia Helen Griffith (born 5 December 1996) is an Australian middle-distance runner.

Early years

Griffith in her mid-teens decided to take her athletics seriously and commenced regular training. Just days after her 17th birthday she won the 2013 Australian All Schools Championships 800m gold medal in a time of 2:09.^[3]

Achievements

Griffith has represented Australia at the:

2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene (USA) in both the 800m and 4 × 400m relay. She placed 4th^[4] in the 800m and made the finals^[5] in the relay
2017 World Championships in London (UK) in both the 800m^[6] and 1500m^[7]
2017 World University Games in Taipei (Taiwan) in the 800m, where she came 4th^[8]
2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast (Australia) in both the 800m^[9] and 1500m, where she came 5th^[10] in 1500m
2019 World University Games in Naples (Italy) in the 1500m, where she came 2nd^[11]
2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 1500m which she won^[12]
2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha (Qatar) in the 1500m where she made the semi-finals^[13]
2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 in Tokyo, in the 1500m^[14]
2022 World Athletics Championships in the 1500m at which she was a finalist, finishing 9th
2022 Commonwealth Games in the 800m
2024 Summer Olympics in the 1500m where she was a semi-finalist
2024 Diamond League 1500m Final in which she finished 6th in a new pb^[15]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Location	Date	Notes
800 metres	1:59.89	Madrid, Spain	21 June 2024	#9 Australia all-time*
1500 metres	3:58.40	Brussels, Belgium	13 September 2024	#3 Australia all-time*
mile	4:27.81	London, UK	14 May 2022	#8 Australia all-time*
2000 metres	5:28.82	Monaco,	12 July 2024	#2 Australia all-time*
3,000 metres	8:24.20	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024	NR, AR

as at mid-September 2024

References

^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^ "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ "Georgia Griffith". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
^ "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
^ "800 Metres Startlist | IAAF World Championships London 2017".
^ "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Championships London 2017". www.worldathletics.org.
^ "29th Summer Universiade - Taipei City 2017 - Main Results". www.fisu.net.
^ "Athletics | Result Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games".
^ "Athletics | Result Women's 1500m Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.
^ "30th Summer Universiade - Napoli 2019 - Main Results". www.fisu.net.
^ https://site.uat.aws.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7132812?eventId=10229513
^ "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". www.worldathletics.org.
^ "Biggest Australian Athletics Team for Overseas Olympics Finalised". www.athletics.com.au.
^ "1500m result" (PDF). 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

External links

Georgia Griffith at World Athletics
Georgia Griffith at Olympics.com
Georgia Griffith at the Australian Olympic Committee
Georgia Griffith at Olympedia

[1] "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[2] "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[3] "Georgia Griffith". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[4] "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.

[5] "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.

[6] "800 Metres Startlist | IAAF World Championships London 2017".

[7] "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Championships London 2017". www.worldathletics.org.

[8] "29th Summer Universiade - Taipei City 2017 - Main Results". www.fisu.net.

[9] "Athletics | Result Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games".

[10] "Athletics | Result Women's 1500m Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com.

[11] "30th Summer Universiade - Napoli 2019 - Main Results". www.fisu.net.

[12] ttps://site.uat.aws.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7132812?eventId=10229513

[13] "1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". www.worldathletics.org.

[14] "Biggest Australian Athletics Team for Overseas Olympics Finalised". www.athletics.com.au.

[15] "1500m result" (PDF). 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

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Georgia Griffith

Early years

Achievements

Personal bests

References

External links