Torrie Lewis (born 8 January 2005) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She has won Australian national titles over 100m and 200m. Prior to going to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, she set a new Australian 100m national record of 11.10 seconds in January 2024.[1]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 2005 Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.10 (Canberra, 2024) 200m: 22.88 (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editLewis was born in Nottingham,[2] England to a father of Jamaican and Indian descent and a mother of Scottish descent.[3] At the age of six she moved to Australia and was a promising gymnast in her early years in Newcastle, New South Wales, before turning her full attention to the track.[2] She later moved to Brisbane, Queensland where she attended St Peters Lutheran College.[4]
Career
editLewis ran 11.33 seconds for the 100m aged 16 years-old which placed her as the third fastest U18 women in the world, behind only Tina Clayton of Jamaica and American Shawnti Jackson.
In April 2023, aged 18 years-old, she completed the sprint double to be crowned the Australian national champion over 100m and 200m.[5][6]
On 27 January 2024, Lewis ran 11.10 (+1.6) in Canberra to become both (i) the Australian under-20 women's 100 metres record holder, surpassing Raelene Boyle's longstanding under-20 record of 11.20 set at altitude at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, and (ii) the Australian Women's open 100 metres record holder, passing Melissa Breen's previous mark of 11.11 set in 2014, also in Canberra.[7] Lewis's 11.10 places her 25th on the world top all-time under-20 athlete list.[8]
Lewis, Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, and Ella Connolly were part of an Australian 4x100m relay team that set a national record of 42.94 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic in March 2024.[9]
In April 2024, Lewis lowered her personal best for the 200 metres to 22.94 seconds in a heat at the Australian National championships in Adelaide where she went on to win gold ahead of Mia Gross.[10][11] She did not defend her 100m national title to focus on the 200m ahead of the Olympics.[12] Lewis made her Diamond League debut in the 200m at the first meet of 2024 in Xiamen, China, with an unexpected win from lane 9 over Sha'carri Richardson and other outstanding athletes.[13] She ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[14]
In Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics, she elected to run the 200m, achieving a PB of 22.89 in the heats, reaching the semi-finals.[15] She won silver in the 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, running a personal best 22.88 seconds.[16]
Personal life
editLewis has celiac disease.[17]
References
edit- ^ "T.Lewis". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b Hytner, Mike (19 April 2024). "Torrie Lewis: 'If I can run 100m that fast, I can run a 200 way faster'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Athletics Australia Profile – Torrie Lewis". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Dawson, Andrew (21 November 2020). "Torrie Lewis has beaten Australia's No.1 sprinter Riley Day and equalled under 18 record of Sally Pearson". Courier Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Teenager Torrie Lewis claims sprint double at national track and field championships". abc.net. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Aussie teen phenom storms to national title". nine.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Sprinter Torrie Lewis breaks Australian 100m record". Canberra Times. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres#Top_25_junior_(under-20)_women
- ^ "Torrie Lewis anchors 4x100m relay team to break 24-year-old record at Sydney Track Classic". abc.net. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris". athletics.com.au. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Womens 200m result". Rosterathletics.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Gates, Zachary. "EXCLUSIVE: Why Aussie 100m record holder Torrie Lewis opted out of event at national titles, resulting in confusion and disappointment". Nine.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ https://xiamen.diamondleague.com/program-results/program-2024/#baseFrame#__athDisciplineRoot#DisciplineInit#Xiamen_2024_TIMING_ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json##main-frame_content#__athRun#RunSubFrame#Xiamen_2024_TIMING_ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json
- ^ "Women 4x100m Results – World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Gates, Zachary (15 August 2023). "EXCLUSIVE: Disease linking Aussie sprinting young gun with unlikely mentor on cusp of world championships". nine.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.