Regan Lamble

Australian racewalker

1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (2012)Weight55 kg (121 lb) (2012)SportCountryAustraliaSportAthleticsEvent20km Road Walk

Regan Danae Lamble (born 14 October 1991) is an Australian athlete. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 20 km Road Walk race.

Personal

Lamble was born on 14 October 1991 in Melbourne[1][2][3] in the suburb of Box Hill.[3] She grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn[4][5] and attended Laburnum Primary School, then went to high school at Strathcona Girls Grammar, where she was a school captain in her final year.[1][6] She moved to Canberra in 2009 after she finished high school.[1][4] She started a Bachelor of Graphic Design degree at the University of Canberra in 2011.[1][2] She has also studied art history at the Australian National University[1][2][3] and is currently[when?] completing post-graduate studies at the University of Melbourne.[1][7] She was the Eurosport commentator for the men's 50 km walk at the 2011 IAAF World Championships.[2] As of 2012[update], she currently lives in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[1][2]

Lamble is 174 centimetres (69 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[1][2]

Athletics

Lamble competes in the 20 km Road Walk event.[1][2]

Lamble competes in club competitions for Melbourne University Athletics Club.[1][2][8] She has an athletics scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport,[1][2][3][4] earning a scholarship in 2009.[1][4] While training at the Australian Institute of Sport, her training partners include Jared Tallent and Nathan Deakes.[1] She is coached by Brent Vallance.[1][2] She has also been coached by Simon Baker, and Dave Blackwood.[2]

Lamble competed at the 2010 World Junior Athletics Championships in Moncton, Canada, where she finished in seventh place.[9] In April 2011, she competed in Taicang, China, where she set her first Olympic A Qualifying time in the 20 km Road Walk event.[1] At the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Korea, Lamble finished 15th in the 20 km Road Walk event with a time of 1:33.38[1][2][5] in her Australian national team debut race.[2]

Lamble came 16th at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 20 km Road Walk event [9] and came 9th at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "London 2012 - Regan Lamble". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 October 1991. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Athletics Australia - Lamble, Regan". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Dowling, James. "Regan Lamble picking up pace to be an elite walker". Whitehorse Leader. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b Gullan, Scott (1 September 2011). "Regan Lamble excites in fast finish". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Regan Lamble Competes at the London Olympics | Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School". www.strathcona.vic.edu.au. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Alumni milestones | 3010".
  8. ^ "Regan Lamble | AUS Team | Rio 2016". rio.admin.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "IAAF Athlete Profile Regan Lamble". IAAF. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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