Abbey Caldwell
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 2001 Mitcham, Victoria, Australia[1] |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | Middle distance |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:58.48 (Chorzow, 2023) 1500m: 3:59.79 (Budapest, 2023) |
Medal record | |
Abbey Caldwell (born 3 July 2001) is an Australian middle-distance athlete.
Career
[edit]Caldwell begun running at five years old, and steadily improved as a junior, coached by Gavin Burren since age 13.[2]
2022
[edit]In 2022, aged 20, Caldwell won the Australian national title in the 1500 metres ahead of Olympic finalist Linden Hall.[2] A breakthrough year, she went on to set multiple personal bests in the 800 metres and 1500 metres, culminating in a 1500 m bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games behind British pair Laura Muir and Ciara Mageean.[3]
2023
[edit]In February 2023 at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held in Australia, Caldwell anchored the mixed relay, alongside Oliver Hoare, Jessica Hull and Stewart McSweyn, to win another bronze medal.[4]
In July 2023, she ran an 800 metres personal best of 1:58.48 in Chorzow.[5] Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she qualified for the semi-finals, breaking four minutes for the first time in her career with a time of 3:59.79.[6][7]
2024
[edit]In April 2024, she won silver in the Australian Athletics Championships 800 metres race.[8] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, where she reached the semi-finals.[9][10]
2025
[edit]She was selected for the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Caldwell is currently studying a Bachelor of health sciences at Deakin University.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CALDWELL Abbey". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024. (alternate link)
- ^ a b "Abbey Caldwell". Athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "AUSSIES FINISH STRONG ON FINAL DAY IN BIRMINGHAM". Athletics.com.au.
- ^ Moorhouse, Lachlan. "Bronzed Aussies Headline Success at Home World Athletics Cross Country Championships". athletics.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Lindstrom, Sieg (17 July 2023). "Chorzów DL Women — Richardson–Jackson Showdown". Track and Field News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Australian Athletics At 55 Year High With Brilliant Budapest Results". Inside Athletics. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris". athletics.com.au. 14 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Bilton, Dean (14 April 2024). "Australia names first Olympic athletics team members as Claudia Hollingsworth's breakout champs performance earns selection". abc.net. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "The 2024 Paris Olympics start this week! Meet the Deakin students representing Australia". Deakin Life. Deakin University. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Medal-winning finish: well done to our elite athletes as we farewell the 2022 Commonwealth Games!". Deakin Life. Deakin University. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Abbey Caldwell at World Athletics
- Abbey Caldwell at Australian Athletics
- Abbey Caldwell at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Abbey Caldwell at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Abbey Caldwell at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Abbey Caldwell at Olympics.com
- Abbey Caldwell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Australian female middle-distance runners
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- People from Mitcham, Victoria
- Athletes from Melbourne
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen