Calab Law | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Sport: | Track and Field |
Event: | 200 metres |
Birth Date: | 31 December 2003 |
Pb: | 100m: 10.26 (Brisbane, 2023) 200m: 20.42 (Cali, 2022) |
Calab Law (born 31 December 2003) is an Australian sprinter. He is an indigenous athlete and a member of the Wakka Wakka people. In 2024, he became Australian national champion over 200 metres.[1]
Law was selected for the Australian team for the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres and in doing so became the fifth youngest male ever selected for the championships. At the event he ran a new personal best of 20.50 s to progress into the semi-finals to become the first Australian teenager ever to qualify for a World or Olympic semi-final.[2] [3] The following month, he ran a new personal best of 20.42 s in a semi-final of the 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. He finished third in the final in 20.48 s to obtain a bronze medal.[4]
In November 2023, he won gold at the 2023 Pacific Games over 100m and 200m in Honiara.[5]
In April 2024, he won the Australian Athletics Championships title over 200 metres, winning in Adelaide in 20.54 seconds.[6] He ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[7]