| Liam Adcock | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long jump |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1996 |
| Pb: | Long jump: 8.15m (Gold Coast, 2023) |
Liam Adcock (born 21 June 1996) is an Australian long jumper. He has won the Australian national title and in 2024 became Oceania champion.[1]
He received New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship.[2]
He competed for Australia at the 2017 World University Games and was second in consecutive years at the Australian Athletics Championships, in 2017 and 2018. However, a succession of injuries prevented him from competing consistently again until 2022.[3]
He won the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane with a long jump of 8.06 metres.[4] He made a personal best jump of 8.15 metres in Gold Coast in April 2023.[5] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, where he jumped 7.99 metres to miss a spot in the final by one centimetre.[6] [7]
He won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji with a jump of 8.05 metres.[8] In July 2024, he was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9]
He earned a Bachelor degree in Commerce and Economics from the University of Queensland in 2019. He worked as a tax consultant prior to his return to athletics. In 2023, he moved to Sydney. He is a member of Sydney University Athletics Club.[10] [11] [3]