Tori West
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Heptathlon: 6245 (Gotzis, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Tori West (born 14 October 1995) is an Australian multi-event athlete.[1]
Early life
[edit]She is from Townsville in Queensland.[2][3] She attended the University of Queensland and competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples.[4]
Career
[edit]In January 2020, she won the heptathlon at the Australian combined events championships in Brisbane with a tally of 6028 points.[5][6]
She was runner-up at the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in April 2024.[7]
She set a personal best score of 6245 to finish sixth at the HypoMeeting in Götzis in May 2024.[8]
She won silver at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024.[9]
In July 2024, she was selected for the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10] She finished 20th, with 5848 points.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tori West". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Elkerton, Matthew (7 July 2019). "Townsville heptathlete Tori West ready to represent her nation on home soil". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Darvenetia, Nic (7 July 2024). "Townsville athlete Tori West confirmed for heptathlon at Paris Olympic Games". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "UQ students set for World University Games". uq.edu.au. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Dawson, Andrew (17 February 2020). "Tori West is one step closer to the Tokyo Olympic Games after winning the national heptathlon". Courier Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Australian Combined Events Championships". World Athletics. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Combined eventers prepared for Pre-Paris test in Ratingen". World Athletics. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athlerics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (July 8, 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's Heptathlon medal results - Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
