Peyton Craig
Australian athlete
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Peyton Craig (born 28 March 2005) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in middle distance running.[2]
Craig at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 2005 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:44.01 (Rome, 2026) 1500m: 3:44.07 (Brisbane, 2022) Mile: 4:12.05 (Melbourne, 2024) 3000m: 8:12.63 (Sydney, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
From Boyne Island in Queensland, Craig excelled at a number of sports, competing in swimming and triathlon as well as Rugby League and cricket. As a 10-year-old, he won a national 100m breaststroke swimming title. As a 17-year-old he finished eighth at the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships.[3]
Career
He is a member of the Oceania branch of On Athletics Club (OAC) where he is coached by Brendan Mallyon (QLD) and assisted by Craig Mottram.[3] He competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022 over 1500 metres.[4][5]
He won the 2023 de Castella 3000m in 8:18.17 in December 2023 in Melbourne.[6]
He lowered his 800m personal best from 1:47.52 to 1:45.77 at the ACT State Championships on Australia Day 2024, a new Australia U20 record.[6] The following week, he won the Adelaide Invitational and lowered his personal best to 1.45.41.[5][7] At the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, he finished third in the men's 800 metres race.[8]
In June 2024, he won the gold medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji over 800 metres finishing ahead of Australian champion Luke Boyes by 6 hundredths of a second.[9] That month, he set a new personal best and met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics, running 1:44.12 in Vienna.[10]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, running a personal best of 1:44.11 and reaching the semi-finals.[11][1]
Craig won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[12]
He finished runner-up to Peter Bol at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth on 13 April 2025, in a 800m personal best of 1:44.07.[13] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres, running 1:45.44 without advancing to the semi-finals.[14][15]
On 4 June 2026, he ran a personal best 1:44.01 for the 800 metres at the 2026 Golden Gala in Rome.[16] He was a finalist in the 800 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, placing sixth overall.[17]
