Jemma Pollard
Australian athlete (born 2005)
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Jemma Pollard (born 18 April 2005) is an Australian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships and a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World U20 Championships.[1]
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| Born | 18 April 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.73s (Perth, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Pollard is a member of Newcastle Runners.[2] She was a gold medalist in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 Oceania U18 Athletics Championships in Mackay in June 2022.[3][4][5]
Pollard finished third at Stawell Gift in April 2024.[6][7] She won silver in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[8][9]
Pollard won bronze at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay alongside Ellie Beer, Ella Connolly and Bella Pasquali.[10][11] Pollard competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025, helping the Australian team qualify for the 2025 World Championships.[12][13] Pollard was subsequently selected for the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she again ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[14][15]
In Canberra in January 2026, she ran a personal best 52.18 seconds for the 400 metres to win the Capital Athletics Open and Under 20 Championships.[16] Pollard ran a personal best to win the 400 metres at the Perth Track Classic on 14 February 2026, winning with a time of 51.73 seconds, before also winning the following month over 400 m at the Adelaide Invitational.[17][18][19]
Personal life
She is from Newcastle, New South Wales.[20][21]