Rose Davies (athlete)
 Davies in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 21 December 1999 New South Wales, Australia[1] |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 5000 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Rose Davies (born 21 December 1999) in Newcastle, New South Wales, is an Australian athlete.[3] She holds the Australian National Record in the 5000m in a time of 14:41.65 achieved in Tokyo in 2024.[4]
Early years
[edit]Davies was 12-years-old when she first started running. At 14, she was the best in the nation, clocking times of 2:08 (800m) and 4:27 (1500m). She tried hard to improve on these times but it took five years to do so. In 2016 she remembers watching the Rio 2016 Olympics never thinking that she could ever qualify for an Olympics.
Davies then got Scott Westcott as her coach. His approach was critical as he allowed her to run as she wished, sometimes missing sessions or only running part of the program. Slowly she became committed and in 2018 she started to emerge off track and was placed third at the national U20 cross country. She then ran 10km of 34:34 at Burnie, Tasmania in October 2018.[5]
Achievements
[edit]In 2018 Davies won the Lisa Ondieki U20 3000m and at the age of 19 clocked 4:19 (1500m) and 15:45 (5000m). She then came second in the national cross country and third at Zatopek with 33:25.52. (Zatopek is named after Emil Zatopek, the Czech long distance runner, it is the most prestigious track race in Australia).[6] Davies ran an outstanding 32:02 road 10km in Launceston, Tasmania in December 2020.
In 2021 she won Zatopek in clocking 31:39.97. In May, 2021 she achieved her first Olympic qualifier of 15:08.48 over 5000m in Holland.[5]
She competed in the women's 5000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] Davies came 18th in her heat with a time of 15:50.07 and was eliminated from the competition.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rose Davies". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Davies Rose". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Rose Davies". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Rose DAVIES | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Rose Davies". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Zatopek: 10 - The greatest running race you've never heard of". www.sportingnews.com. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - DAVIES Rose". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Rose Davies at World Athletics
- Rose Davies at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Rose Davies at Olympedia
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Australian female long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian women
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics