Dayna Crees

Dayna Crees

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Disability	Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Club	Casey Cardinia Athletics Club
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing Australia Paralympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Javelin throw F34 World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2025 New Delhi Javelin throw F34

Dayna Crees (born 19 March 2002) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where she won a bronze medal

Personal

Crees was born on 19 March 2002. Since birth she has hereditary spastic paraplegia. She attended St Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield. In 2023, she undertaking a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care at Chisholm TAFE.

Athletics

She is classified as a F34 athlete. At the age oft twelve, her physiotherapist recommended she take up athletics. At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in Women's Shot Put F34 and fourth in the Women's Javelin F34. She broke Australian and Oceania records in the javelin event.

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Javelin throw F34 and finished ninth in the Women's Shot put F34.

In 2024, she is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete. She is coached by Gordon Talbot.

External links

• Athletics Australia Profile
• Australia Results
• Dayna Crees at Paralympics Australia