Liam Adcock

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Liam Adcock
Personal information
Born (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 29)
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 8.34m (Rome, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Nanjing Long jump
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Suva Long jump

Liam Adcock (born 21 June 1996) is an Australian long jumper. He has won the Australian national title and in 2024 became the Oceanian champion.[1]

Early life

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He received New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship.[2]

Career

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He competed for Australia at the 2017 World University Games and was second in consecutive years at the Australian Athletics Championships, in 2017 and 2018. However, a succession of injuries prevented him from competing consistently again until 2022.[3]

He won the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane with a long jump of 8.06 metres.[4] He made a personal best jump of 8.15 metres in Gold Coast in April 2023.[5] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, where he jumped 7.99 metres to miss a spot in the final by one centimetre.[6][7]

He won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji with a jump of 8.05 metres.[8] He competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10]

He jumped 7.97m (-0.1) to win the Australian short track national championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.[11] He jumped 8.33 metres (+1.8) at the Perth Classic on 1 March 2025.[12] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025 where he won the bronze medal in the men's long jump with a leap of 8.28 metres, just 2 cm behind gold medal winner Mattia Furlani, and 1 cm from silver medalist Wayne Pinnock of Jamaica.[13][14]

He won the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships in April 2025, in Perth. His best jump was a wind-assisted 8.14 metres but his best wind-legal jump of 8.06 metres would also have been enough for the title.[15] He jumped 8.15 metres to finish runner-up at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[16] He finished seventh at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[17] He won the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with a best jump of 8.20 metres on 18 May 2025.[18] He set a new personal best 8.34 metres to win the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025.[19]

Personal life

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He earned a Bachelor degree in Commerce and Economics from the University of Queensland in 2019. He worked as a tax consultant prior to his return to athletics. In 2023, he moved to Sydney. He is a member of Sydney University Athletics Club.[20][21][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Liam Adcock". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ Lane, Daniel (29 May 2024). "PACIFIC PARADISE OFFERS TICKETS TO PARIS". nswis.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Liam Adcock". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Records tumble at an historic UniSport Nationals Athletics Championships". Unisport. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ Naghten, Tom (16 August 2023). "Australian team for the World Athletics Championships: Which Aussies are in action in Budapest 2023?". Sporting News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "AUSTRALIA GRABS GOLD; MACKENZIE LITTLE LAUNCHES ROCKET AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". nswis.com. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Little dominates javelin as championship records tumble at Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  10. ^ Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ^ "CONNOLLY AND KENNEDY DOMINATE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIAN SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  12. ^ "KENNEDY INCHES CLOSER TO SUB-10 PERFORMANCE AS ADCOCK SEIZES HIS MOMENT AT PERTH TRACK CLASSIC". Athetics.com.au. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Hull does double as Gout, Olyslagers and Bol also prevail in Perth". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Kitaguchi delivers while Australians excel in Tokyo". World Athletics. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  19. ^ "'You are kidding me!' - Adcock hits personal best and celebrates in style". BBC Sport. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  20. ^ "MEDAL HAUL FOR ATHLETES". susf.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  21. ^ "BEL students snag sporting scholarships". bel.uq.edu.au. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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