Peyton Craig
 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.07 (Perth, 2025) 1500m: 3:44.07 (Brisbane, 2022) Mile: 4:12.05 (Melbourne, 2024) 3000m: 8:12.63 (Sydney, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Peyton Craig (born 28 March 2005) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in middle distance running.[1]
Early life
[edit]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.[2]
Career
[edit]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.[2] He competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022 over 1500 metres.[3][4]
He won the 2023 de Castella 3000m in 8:18.17 in December 2023 in Melbourne.[5]
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.[5] The following week, he won the Adelaide Invitational and lowered his personal best to 1.45.41.[4][6] At the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, he finished third in the men's 800 metres race.[7]
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.[8] That month, he set a new personal best and met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics, running 1:44.12 in Vienna.[9]
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.[10]
He won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Peyton Craig". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b Gates, Zachary. "Meet Aussie teen running gun Peyton Craig, a multi-talented sports star eyeing the Paris Olympics". Nine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Men's 15000 metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "On strengthens its OAC Oceania roster with Peyton Craig". Running-Insights. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Peyton Craig Breaks the Australian U20 800m Record". Runnerstribe. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Aussie teen gun scraps epic victory". Nine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris". athletics.com.au. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "GOLDEN RUNS GALORE ON DAY 7 - OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (24 June 2024). "AUSTRALIA'S PEYTON CRAIG BREACHES PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS ENTRY STANDARD AT TRACK NIGHT VIENNA". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Hull does double as Gout, Olyslagers and Bol also prevail in Perth". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- Peyton Craig at World Athletics
- Peyton Craig at Australian Athletics
- Peyton Craig at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Peyton Craig at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Peyton Craig at Olympics.com
- Peyton Craig at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
