Ella Connolly
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 2000 Rockhampton, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres, 4 × 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ella Connolly (born 13 July 2000) is an Australian sprinter.[2]
She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics[3] and at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, with the latter Australian team and this Connolly winning the silver medal.
In 2022 Connolly was the national 100m and 200m champion in 2022 and part of the Australian 4 x 100m relay team which set a championship record in winning the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships. She made her individual debut at the World Athletics Championships in the 200m. A couple of weeks later, Connolly was part of the Australian sprint relay team which finished third in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Connolly set a new Australian 60m record of 7.26 on 13 Jan 2024 (at the Illawarra Track Challenge, Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre, Wollongong). She was a member of the relay teams that broke the Australian 4 x 100m record three times in 2024: first in March at the Sydney Track Classic; then in May in the heats of the World Relay Championships in the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas;[4] and then in July at the London Diamond Leagues Athletics Meet where they ran 42.48 seconds.[5]
She was Oceania 100m champion in 2024 and competed in the individual 100m and the 4 x 100m relay at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Personal bests
[edit]| Event | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Location | Date | Notes |
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| 60 metres | 7.26 | +1.5 | Wollongong, Australia | 13 January 2024 | |
| 100 metres | 11.21wi | +2.1 | Brisbane, Australia | 23 January 2021 | |
| 11.25= | +0.1 | Brisbane, Australia | 4 December 2021 | ||
| 11.25= | -0.5 | Brisbane, Australia | 5 March 2022 | ||
| 200 metres | 22.95 | +0.6 | Brisbane, Australia | 6 March 2022 | |
| 400 metres | 52.21 | n/a | Sydney, Australia | 12 March 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Connolly Ella". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Ella Connolly". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "4 × 400 metres Women". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-2 | 4x100 Metres Relay | Results | Bahamas 24 | World Athletics Relays". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4 × 100m Relay Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ella Connolly at World Athletics
- Ella Connolly at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Ella Connolly at Olympics.com
- Ella Connolly at the Australian Olympic Committee
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