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Camryn Newton-Smith
Newton-Smith in 2024
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)[1]
Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia[1]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHeptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pentathlon 4356 (Lubbock, 2023)
Heptathlon: 6180 (Adelaide, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Suva Heptathlon

Camryn Newton-Smith (born 27 April 2000) is an Australian multi-event athlete. In 2024, she became Australian national champion and Oceania champion in the heptathlon.

Early life

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She is from Greenbank, Queensland and attended Arkansas State University where she captured school records in the pentathlon and heptathlon and was a three-time All-American. She was also named the 2023 Sun Belt Outdoor Performer of the Year, and had the distinction of winning four conference championships in four different events; the outdoor heptathlon in 2023, the javelin in 2022, and the indoor pentathlon and indoor 60m hurdles in 2020.[2][3]

Career

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Newton-Smith recovered from missing the 2021 season with an Achilles injury to become the number one ranked College indoors pentathlete in the United States with a personal best score of 4,356 points in Lubbock, Texas in January 2023. She later qualified for the heptathlon at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Division 1 Championships.[4][5]

She won the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in April 2024 with a personal best score of 6180 points in Adelaide.[6] She won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024 with 6070 points.[7][8]

In July 2024, she was selected for the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9] She finished 19th with 5982 points.[10]

She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Newton-Smith Camryn". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ^ Reed, Jeff (8 July 2024). "Newton-Smith headed to Olympics". 247Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ Hudgison, Chris (8 July 2024). "Arkansas State alum Camryn Newton-Smith will represent Australia in 2024 Olympics". kait8.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ Whaley, Logan (4 June 2023). "Camryn Newton-Smith, after overcoming adversity, hopes to bring home NCAA Outdoor Championship in first appearance". Kait8. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "GEORGIA'S KYLE GARLAND ELEVATES TO NO. 2 IN COLLEGIATE INDOOR HEPTATHLON HISTORY AT TEXAS TECH". Runnerspace. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athlerics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "A-State alum Camryn Newton-Smith wins Oceania Championship, bolsters Olympic qualifying resume". Kait8. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's Heptathlon medal results - Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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