Christopher Ius

In November 2020, as a 20 year-old, Ius lowered his 100 metres personal best by three-tenths of a seconds to 10.24 seconds whilst competing in Sydney.^[2] He later trained at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.^[3]

He placed was runner-up behind Jake Doran in the 200 metres at the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.^[4] He made his Australian team debut in 2023, progressing to the semi-finals in the 100m and 200m at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China, in August 2023. The following year, he was named as a reserve for the Australian team at the 2024 Olympic Games.^[5]

In March 2025, he helped break the men's 4 x 100m relay Australian national record, running 37.87 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic, running the third leg alongside Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, and Calab Law.^[6][7] Two weeks later, he placed third in the 200 metres at the Australian Athletics Championahips, finishing behind Gout Gout and Aidan Murphy.^[8] He competed for Australia at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025, helping the Australian men's 4x100m team qualify for the 2025 World Championships.^[9]

Ius was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, qualifying for the final of the 200 metres and placing seventh overall.^[10][11] He also placed fourth overall with the Australian team in the final of the men’s 4 x 100 metres at the Games.^[12] He was subsequently selected for the relay pool by the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[13][14]

Ius studied for a Master of Physiotherapy degree at the University of Sydney.^[15]