Luke van Ratingen
Australian sprinter
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Luke van Ratingen (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian sprinter. He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Born | 12 October 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m: 45.03 s (Melbourne, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Van Ratingen was second to Fred Kerley over 400 metres at the Sydney Classic in March 2023.[2] He ran 45.88 seconds to win the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.[3]
Van Ratingen ran as part of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[4] He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024.[5] He equalled his personal best in June 2024 but missed the 2024 Olympic Games through an injury which took eight months of rehabilitation to recover from.[6]
Van Ratingen was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025.[7] On the first day he ran as part of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.[8] On the second day, he ran as part of the Australian Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team which finished second overall in 3:12.20.[9][10] Van Ratingen was selected for the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11][12]
In March 2026, he won the 400 m in a personal best 45.21 seconds at the Adelaide Invitational.[13] That month, he lowered his best to 45.03 seconds at the Maurie Plant Meet.[14][15] On 11 April, he ran 45.25 seconds to finish runner-up to Reece Holder in the 400 m at the 2026 Australian Championships.[16] He was selected for the Australian team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[17] On the opening day he was part of the Australian men's 4 x 400 metres relay team alongside Matthew Hunt, Reece Holder, and Aidan Murphy who set a new Oceania record of 2:57.30 breaking the previous best that had stood since 1984.[18][19] In the final, he ran time as the team ran 2:55.20 to break the Australian record they set in the preliminary round the previous day and move within a second of the world record.[20] Later that month, he won the bronze medal over 400 m at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships behind Murphy and Tom Reynolds in an Australian sweep of the medals.[21]