Kristie Edwards
Australian sprinter (born 2000)
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Kristie Edwards (born 24 February 2000) is an Australian sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.24 (2025) 100m: 11.26 (2025) 200m: 22.81 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
She attended Newport Public School and from 2017, Pymble Ladies' College in New South Wales.[2][3] On leaving school, she studied at the University of Technology Sydney.[4]
Career
She started running for the Newport Nippers in New South Wales.[5] Edwards gained her first experience at international championships in 2018, when she finished seventh with the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, setting a new Australian junior record.[6]
She won gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville in 44.47 seconds, along with Nana Owusu-Afriyie, Riley Day, and Celeste Mucci. She competed for Australia at the 2019 IAAF World Relays and was named in the squad for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.[7]
In 2020, she moved from Sydney, to be based in Queensland. She is a member of Noosa athletics club.[3][8]
She was part of the Australian squad selected to compete in the 4 × 100 m sprint relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]
At the 2024 London Athletics Meet in July 2024, she was part of the Australian 4x100 metres team alongside Torrie Lewis, Ella Connolly and Bree Masters that set a new Australian and Oceania record of 42.48 seconds.[10] She participated in the relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as they finished fifth in their heat in 42.75 seconds.[11][12]
She finished runner-up to Jessica Milat in the 200 metres race at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, running a personal best time of 22.81 seconds.[13] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[14] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, winning the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay.[15][16]
In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[17] She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.[18][19]