Sebastian Sultana
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.11 (Perth, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Sebastian Sultana (born 15 September 2005) is an Australian sprinter. In 2024 he became Australian national champion over 100 metres.[1]
Early life
[edit]Sebastian Sultana is from Schofields in Sydney in New South Wales and attended St John XXIII Catholic College. He graduated as part of the class of 2022.[2][3]
Career
[edit]In July 2023 Sultana set a new Australian under-18 100 metres record with a run of 10.27 seconds in Sydney.[4]
In April 2024, he set a new 100m personal best time of 10.17 seconds to qualify for the final of the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide. In the final he ran a time of 10.27 seconds to win the Australian national title into a -1.2 metres per second headwind.[5][6][7]
He ran as part of the Australian 4 × 100 m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024, however he was unable to run due to injuries. World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] In June 2024, he was a silver medalist in the 100 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships.[9] He was named in the Australian team for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima.[10]
He was awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame awards scholarship in September 2024.[11]
He ran a personal best 10.11 seconds for the 100 metres at the Perth Classic on 1 March 2025.[12]
Sebastian also coaches at The Ponds Little Athletics Centre.
Personal life
[edit]Sebastian is currently studying a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at the Australian Catholic University. He has Maltese heritage through his father.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "S.Sultana". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Our Sultan of Speed Shines at Australian Schools". parra.catholic.edu.au. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Lulham, Amanda (23 September 2022). "NSW All Schools athletics 2022: Star studded field with champions of the future out to make mark". Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Smith, Gregory (July 2, 2023). "Sultana smashes Aust junior 100m record". Speed City. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "DENNY DELIGHTS WITH AUSTRALIAN RECORD, SULTANA CROWNED SPRINT KING". Athletics.com.au. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ McMurty, Andrew (14 April 2024). "Teenager Sebastian Sultana becomes Australia's fastest man, beats Rohan Browning". Fox Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Gates, Zachary (13 April 2024). "Aussie rising stars Adam Spencer, Sebastian Sultana crowned national champions in pulsating 25-minute period". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "CONNOLLY AND AZZOPARDI CROWNED OCEANIA'S FASTEST ATHLETES - OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 5". Athletics.com.au. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Australia names team of 68 for World U20 Championships Lima 24". World Athletics. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "SPORT AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO FUTURE STARS OF AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS". Athletics.com.au. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "KENNEDY INCHES CLOSER TO SUB-10 PERFORMANCE AS ADCOCK SEIZES HIS MOMENT AT PERTH TRACK CLASSIC". Athetics.com.au. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Sultan of sprint: Meet the fastest 17-year-old in Australian history". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
