Kristie Edwards
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.24 (2025) 100m: 11.26 (2025) 200m: 22.81 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Kristie Edwards (born 24 February 2000) is an Australian sprinter.[1]
Early life
[edit]She attended Newport Public School and from 2017, Pymble Ladies' College in New South Wales.[2][3] On leaving school, she studied at the University of Technology Sydney.[4]
Career
[edit]She started running for the Newport Nippers in New South Wales.[5] Edwards gained her first experience at international championships in 2018, when she finished seventh with the Australian 4x100m relay team at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, setting a new Australian junior record.[6]
She won gold in the 4x100m relay at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville in 44.47 seconds, along with Nana Owusu-Afriyie, Riley Day, and Celeste Mucci. She competed for Australia at the 2019 IAAF World Relays and was named in the squad for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.[7]
In 2020, she moved from Sydney, to be based in Queensland. She is a member of Noosa athletics club.[3][8]
She was part of the Australian squad selected to compete in the 4 x 100m sprint relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]
At the 2024 London Athletics Meet in July 2024, she was part of the Australian 4x100 metres team alongside Torrie Lewis, Ella Connolly and Bree Masters that set a new Australian and Oceania record of 42.48 seconds.[10] She participated in the relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as they finished fifth in their heat in 42.75 seconds.[11][12]
She finished runner-up to Jessica Milat in the 200 metres race at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, running a personal best time of 22.81 seconds.[13] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[14] She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kristie Edwards". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "MEET KRISTIE EDWARDS: OUR SPRINTING SENSATION". pymblelc.nsw. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ a b "The ultimate goal". Noosa Tidat. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Their aim at the Olympics". Noosatoday. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Congratulations to Kristie Edwards who has been named in the Australian Athletics Team". Newportsurfclub. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "KRISTIE EDWARDS". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Former Little A's Speedster selected for Doha World Championships: Trans Tasman Spotlight". lansw.com. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Kristie runs into Olympics". Noosatoday. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Gleeson, Michael (7 August 2023). "Hungary for medals: Is this the best athletics team to leave Australian shores?". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Sirscusa, Claire (21 July 2024). "Three golds, a record and controversy: Australians dominate at pre-Olympics athletics meet". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Australia names 75-strong team for Paris Olympic Games". World Athletics. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Sutton, Ben (8 August 2024). "Shattered Aussie sprinter Ebony Lane snubbed as relay team fail to qualify for final". 7news.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
