Luke Boyes
Australian athlete
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Luke Boyes (born 5 November 2003) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He won the Australian Athletics Championships over 800 metres in 2024 and the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Born | 5 November 2003 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.16 (Shanghai, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography
From Glenbrook, New South Wales, Boyes began to be coached by former Olympian Ben St Lawrence from the age of 15 years-old, and is a member of Run Crew, a running club in Sydney. He was a keen all-round sportsman, participating in sports such as cricket and football, before focusing fully on athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic when team sports were paused. He declined offers to enter the collegiate system in the United States to stay and train with St Lawrence in his home state.[2]
Boyes won the Australian Athletics Championships over 800 metres in 2024 in Adelaide in April 2024 at the age of 20 years-old, beating Olympic finalist Peter Bol by 0.33 of a second and set a new championship record of 1:44.73.[3][2] In June 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji over 800 metres finishing behind compatriot Peyton Craig by six hundredths of a second.[4]
In April 2025, he placed third over 800 metres at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth behind Bol and Craig, running a personal best 1:44.50 as Bol set a new Australian national record in a highly competitive race, with all three meeting the automatic qualifying standard for the upcoming World Championships.[5][6][7] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres.[8][9]
Boyes ran 1:45.12 to finish behind training partners Bol and Bob Abdelrahim in the 800 metres at the Perth Track Classic in February 2025.[10] The following month, he ran a personal best 1:44.38 at the Adelaide Invitational.[11][12] Also in March, he won the 800 metres at the Maurie Plant Meet in 1:45.21.[13] On 12 April, he was runner-up to Bol in the 800 metres final at the 2026 Australian Championships.[14] Making his Diamond League debut the following month at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, he finished in fourth place in the 800 metres with a new personal best of 1:44.16.[15] He was selected as part of the Australian team to compete at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning the gold medal in Darwin, Northern Territory on 21 May.[16][17]