Adam Spencer (runner)
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 Spencer at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 2001 McKinnon, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Middle, long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Event | 800 metres – 3000 metres | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Wisconsin Badgers | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adam Spencer (born 4 October 2001) is an Australian middle and long-distance runner. He competes for the Wisconsin Badgers.[2] At the 2023 London Diamond League, he ran a new personal best of 3:31.81 in the 1500 metres, making him the fourth fastest Australian of all time. This also qualified him for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][1]
Adam rose to prominence in the Australian running scene, competing for Wesley College Melbourne and capturing numerous APS, state, and national medals at the school. Wesley College has a strong distance running program headed by the nation's most successful junior distance-running coach, Tim O'Shaughnessy. It has produced multiple International stars, including Irish middle-distance athlete Sophie O'Sullivan and Australian racewalking national record holder Jemima Montag. Adam has an array of junior state and national titles between 800m and cross country while also obtaining sprint relay gold (4 × 400 m).[citation needed]
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:46.84 (Bloomington 2023)
- 800 metres indoor – 1:50.09 (Chicago 2023)
- 1500 metres – 3:31.81 (London 2023)
- 1500 metres indoor – 3:35.59 (Toruń 2023)
- Mile – 3:49.21 (Berlin 2025)
- Mile indoor – 3:52.70 (New York 2024)
- 3000 metres – 7:40.38 (Boston 2024)
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