Lauren Ryan
Australian athlete
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Lauren Ryan (born 15 March 1998) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner. She is the Australian national record holder over 10,000m.[1]
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Ryan at the 2026 Bislett Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 15 March 1998 |
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Early life
From Melbourne, Ryan attended Geelong Grammar School.[2] Competing for Florida State University she finished fourth in the 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2022.[3]
Career
Based in Baltimore, Maryland,[4] Ryan made her Australian senior team debut at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[5]
She was selected to represent Australia in the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023[6] and, in October 2023, Ryan represented Australia at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships held in Riga, Latvia. She then won the Pandora 10k in Baltimore.[7]
Ryan won the Australian title over 10,000m in Melbourne in December 2023, running 32:54.00.[8]
On 27 January 2024, competing in Boston, Massachusetts, she set a new Australian indoor 5000m record of 15:17:79. The following week, she ran a new 3000m personal best time of 8:42.31, which elevated her to the No. 2 indoor performer in her country’s history behind only Jessica Hull.[9] Ryan ran 14:57.67 for 5,000m at the oversized Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle on 23 February 2024.
In March 2024, she set a new Australian national record time in the 10,000m, running 30:35.66 in San Juan Capistrano, California, taking two seconds from the previous record set 20 years earlier by Benita Willis.[10]
She competed in the 10,000m at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, placing 13th in the final.[11][12] She also competed in the 5000m at the Games without advancing to the final.[13]
On 15 February 2025, Ryan ran her 3000m personal best at the 2025 Boston University Valentine Invitational, finishing in 8:41:80, just 0.03 seconds ahead of the second place finisher Doris Lemngole.[14][15] She set a new personal best at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland, with a run of 8:37.56 for the 3000 metres.[16]
In September 2025, she competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing ninth.[17] In December, Ryan won the Australian 10,000 metres title in Melbourne in a time of 32:06.66.[18]
On 10 January 2026, Ryan placed 13th overall at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, leading the Australian team to a fifth place overall finish.[19] In June, Ryan ran a personal best of 8:33.66 for a top-ten finish in the 3000 metres at the 2026 Bislett Games.[20] In July, she placed fifth competing in the 10,000 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[21]
