Jared Tallent
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| Born | 17 October 1984 Ballarat, Victoria |
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| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
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| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 20 km Race Walk, 50 km Race Walk |
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Jared Tallent (born 17 October 1984) is an Australian race walker, and Olympic gold medallist (pending IAAF ratification[1]) in the 50 km walk from London in 2012. He is a three-time Olympic medallist and three-time World Championship medallist.
Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal. He received a silver medal for finishing second in the 50 km walk a week later, becoming the first Australian to win two athletic medals in the same Olympics since 1972 and the first male Australian to do so in 102 years.[2] In the 20 km walk and 50 km walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he finished in sixth and seventh position respectively.[3] Tallent returned to the medal dais in 2010 when claiming a bronze medal in the 50 km Walk at the 24th World Race Walking Cup held in Chihuahua, Mexico.[4] Later on that year Tallent took home gold in the 20 km walk at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.[5]
He opened his 2011 season with a win at the Australian 20 km walk championships, while his wife Claire Tallent secured the women's title.[6] At the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 km walk.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Tallent finished 7th in the 20 km walk. A week later he won the gold medal in the 50 km walk in a personal best time and Olympic Record of 3:36:53.[7] Although initially awarded the silver medal, on 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified the results of original winner, Sergey Kirdyapkin, for the period from 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012. Tallent will be awarded the gold medal by the IOC at a ceremony in Melbourne, Australia, on 17 June 2016.[1]
Tallent won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 km walk at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his second world championships medal. After 2012 Olympics, he moved to Adelaide, South Australia and his wife Claire Tallent took over his coaching. [8]
In 2015, Tallent won his third World Championships medal with silver in the 50 km walk at the World Championships of Athletics in Beijing.
Personal life
Born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1984, Jared married Claire Tallent, a fellow Race Walker in 2008.
Achievements
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Aussie Tallent wins silver in 50km walk
- ↑ Jared Tallent and Luke Adams do it tough in 50km Walk
- ↑ Australia's got Tallent
- ↑ Golden 20km walk for Jared Tallent
- ↑ Johnson, Len (2011-02-19). Tallents open 2011 with Australian 20Km titles in Hobart -IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
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External links
Template:Footer Commonwealth Champions 20km Walk Men
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Australian athletes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
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Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
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