Jessica Milat
Australian athlete
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Jessica Milat (born 1 January 2005) is an Australian sprinter. She became Australian national champion over 200 metres in 2025.[1]
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| Born | 1 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11:37 (2024) 200m: 22.75 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2023, she lowered her personal bests to 11.54s and 23.26s at the Australian U20 nationals championships, winning a silver in the 100m and gold in the 200m.[2]
She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team which set an Australian Under 20 record alongside Chelsea Scolyer, Olivia Dodds and Zara Hagan at the Sydney Classic in 2024.[3] Later that year, she was named in the Australian team for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[4][5] She won her semi-final in 23.42 seconds to qualify for the final.[6] In the final, she ran a personal best time of 23.21 seconds to finish in fourth place and was later promoted to the bronze medal after the race winner failed a drug test.[7][8] She also anchored the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team to a second place finish at the Championships but they were later disqualified for an illegal baton exchange earlier in the race.[9]
She was runner-up at the Perth Classic over 200 metres in a wind-legal 22.97 seconds on 1 March 2025.[10] She ran a personal best 22.75 seconds to win the Australian Athletics Championships 200 metres race on 13 April 2025.[11][12] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, winning the gold medal in the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay alongside Kristie Edwards, Olivia Inkster, and Georgia Harris.[13][14]