Georgia Griffith Explained

Georgia Griffith
Nationality:	Australian
Sport:	Middle-distance running
Event:	800 and 1500 metres
Club:	melbourne Track Club
Birth Date:	5 December 1996
Birth Place:	Canberra, Australia^[1]
Height:	1.72 m
Weight:	52 kg
Education:	Monash University^[2]

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
	1:59.89	Madrid, Spain	21 June 2024	9 Australia all-time*
	3:58.40	Brussels, Belgium	13 September 2024	3 Australia all-time*
	4:27.81	London, UK	14 May 2022	8 Australia all-time*
	5:28.82	Monaco,	12 July 2024	2 Australia all-time*
	8:24.20	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024	NR, AR

• as at mid-September 2024

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 28 April 2018.
2. Web site: 2017 Universiade bio . 30 August 2017 . 14 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200314043811/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n156260-griffith-georgia-helen.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Georgia Griffith. 18 September 2021. Australian Olympic Committee. en-AU.
4. Web site: IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics. www.worldathletics.org.
5. Web site: IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 | WJC 14 | World Athletics. www.worldathletics.org.
6. Web site: 800 Metres Startlist | IAAF World Championships London 2017.
7. Web site: 1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Championships London 2017. www.worldathletics.org.
8. Web site: 29th Summer Universiade - Taipei City 2017 - Main Results. www.fisu.net.
9. Web site: Athletics | Result Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
10. Web site: Athletics | Result Women's 1500m Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. results.gc2018.com.
11. Web site: 30th Summer Universiade - Napoli 2019 - Main Results. www.fisu.net.
12. https://site.uat.aws.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7132812?eventId=10229513
13. Web site: 1500 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019. www.worldathletics.org.
14. Web site: Biggest Australian Athletics Team for Overseas Olympics Finalised. www.athletics.com.au.
15. Web site: 1500m result. September 13, 2024. September 13, 2024.