Katie Hayward
Personal information
Born (2000-07-23) 23 July 2000 (age 23)
Sport
CountryAustralia
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Women's racewalking
Representing  Australia
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples 20 km walk
Oceania Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Townsville 10,000 m walk
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Mackay 10,000 m walk

Katie Hayward (born 23 July 2000) is an Australian racewalker. She represented Australia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar and also at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2020 Olympics, she came 37th in the women's 20 km walk final with a time of 1:38.11, just on 9 minutes behind the eventual winner Antonella Palmisano.[1]

Early years

Hayward joined Gold Coast Little Athletics at the age of 10. She was always very active and did a range of sports, including nippers, surf lifesaving, dancing, soccer and touch football. At Little Athletics she participated in a walking race and won. As she got older Hayward regularly broke high quality national records, particularly the U18 5000m and U20 10,000m.

In May 2018, Hayward made her international debut in the under-20 race at the World Race Walking Cup in China. Unfortunately she was disqualified. After reviewing this performance Hayward and her coach changed her technique and at the World Juniors/U20s she came fifth. This was Australia's best place in the event for 10 years.[2]

Career

In June 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres walk at the Oceania Athletics Championships held in Townsville, Australia. The following month, she won the gold medal in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[3] In the same year, she also competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4]

In 2018, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres walk at the IAAF World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland.[5] She finished in 5th place with a personal best of 45:10.42, and qualified for 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Personal life

She studies at Griffith University.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2019 Oceania Athletics Championships Townsville, Australia 2nd 10,000 m 45:35.81
Summer Universiade Naples, Italy 1st 20 km 1:33:30
2022 Oceania Athletics Championships Mackay, Australia 3rd 10,000 m 46:14.77

References

  1. ^ "Athletics HAYWARD Katie - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Katie Hayward". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Women's 10,000 metres walk" (PDF). IAAF – 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Griffith racewalker all set for World Athletics championships". Griffith University. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

External links

Summer Universiade champions in women's racewalking
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