| Dayna Crees | |
| Headercolor: | green |
| Textcolor: | yellow |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 2002 3, df=yes |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Club: | Casey Cardinia Athletics Club |
Dayna Crees (born 19 March 2002) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. She has been selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [1]
Crees was born on 19 March 2002. Since birth she has hereditary spastic paraplegia. She attended St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield. [2] In 2023, she undertaking a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care at Chisholm TAFE.[3]
She is classified as a F34 athlete. At the age oft twelve, her physiotherapist recommended she take up athletics. At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in Women's Shot Put F34 and fourth in the Women's Javelin F34. She broke Australian and Oceania records in the javelin event.[4]
In 2024, she is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete. [5] She is coached by Gordon Talbot.