Terrell Thorne
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| Born | 5 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m 45.54s (Perth, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Terrell Thorne (born 5 May 2007) is an Australian sprinter. He set an Oceania record in the Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Relays, as part of an Australian silver medal winning team.[1]
Career
[edit]He finished in seventh place in the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[2]
In December 2024, he ran an Australian under-18 record of 45.64 seconds for the 400 metres at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships, eclipsing Paul Greene's 45.96 mark from 1989.[3]
He was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025.[4] On the first day he ran as part of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[5] On the second day, he ran as part of the Australian Mixed 4x400 metres relay team which finished second overall behind the a United States in 3:12.20, setting a new Oceania record alongside Carla Bull, Ellie Beer and Luke van Ratingen.[6][7][8] He was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[9]
Personal life
[edit]From Queensland, he attended St Laurence's College in Brisbane.[10] He is of Greek Australian descent.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Terrell Thorne". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Moorhouse, Lachlan; Ryner, Sascha (8 December 2024). "Record rampage rolls on as Thorne torches day three in Brisbane". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Moorhouse, Lachlan (29 April 2025). "A historic first as Australia gets set to contest all six events at World Athletics relays". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Ryner, Sascha (10 May 2025). "Australian mixed 4x400m relay team punch tickets to Tokyo with Oceania record". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Moorhouse, Lachlan (11 May 2025). "Australian mixed 4x400m silver signs off historic World Athletics relays campaign". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400m silver caps successful world relay championships for Australia". The Guardian. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM". Athletics.com.au. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "50 Qld athletes striving for the LA '28 and Brisbane 2032 Games". The Courier Mail. 19 Feb 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "First Nations athletes stand proud on the national stage". National Indigenous Times. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.