Keely Small

Keely Small
Personal information
Born (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 23)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTrack and field
Event800 metres
Medal record
Women's middle-distance running
Representing  Australia
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 800 m
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Samoa 800 m

Keely Small (born 9 June 2001) is an Australian middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and at the 2019 Pacific Games.

Career

Small competed in the women's 800 metres event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.[1] In this event she did not advance to compete in the final. Later that year, she won the gold medal in the girls' 800 metres event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] Small was also her country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[1]

In 2019, at the Pacific Games held in Samoa, she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres event.[3]

Personal life

Alpine skier Greta Small is her cousin.[1] Greta carried the Australian flag during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mackay, Duncan (1 October 2018). "Australia choose Small to carry flag at Buenos Aires 2018 Opening Ceremony to continue family tradition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Keely Small's big Tokyo ambition". Olympic News. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's 800 metres". 2019 Pacific Games. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.


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