Georgia Griffith
Australian middle-distance runner
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Georgia Helen Griffith (born 5 December 1996) is an Australian middle-distance runner.
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Griffith in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 5 December 1996 |
| Education | Monash University[2] |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Middle-distance running |
Event(s) | 800 and 1500 metres |
| Club | melbourne Track Club |
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]
- 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the 1500 metres in which she finished 4th in a new Area Record for the women's indoor 1500 metre event of 4:00.80.
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Location | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 metres | 1:59.22 | Pfungstadt, Germany | 20 August 2025 | |
| 1000 metres | 2:34.50 | Melbourne, Australia | 6 March 2025 | then a NR & AR |
| 1500 metres | 3:58.25 | Budapest, Hungary | 12 August 2025 | #3 Australia all-time* |
| 1500 metres indoors | 4:00.80 | Nanjing, China | 23 March 2025 | AR*, NR* |
| Mile | 4:27.81 | London, UK | 14 May 2022 | #8 Australia all-time* |
| 2000 metres | 5:28.82 | Monaco, | 12 July 2024 | #2 Australia all-time* |
| 3000 metres | 8:24.20 | Oslo, Norway | 30 May 2024 | AR*, NR* |
| 5000 metres | 14:32.82 | London, UK | 19 July 2025 | #2 Australian all time* |
- as at 20 August 2025
