Jacob Despard
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 20 November 1996 |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
Event | Sprinting |
Jacob Despard (born 20 November 1996) is an Australian sprinter. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]From Tasmania, he was a keen cricketer in his youth and specialised as a fast bowler, before focusing on athletics.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit | edit source]He made his junior international debut at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Eugene, Oregon.[5] He relocated from Tasmania to Melbourne and shortly afterwards won the Stawell Gift race in 2018.[6] He made his senior Australian debut at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[2]
He ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[7][8] He was a member of Australia's 4x100-metre men's relay team at the 2024 Olympic Games that ran a time of 38.12 seconds to set a new national record.[9][10][11]
He finished third behind Lachlan Kennedy and Josh Azzopardi over 60 metres at the Australian short track national championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.[12] In September 2025, he competed in the men's 4 x 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13][14]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jacob Despard at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jacob Despard at Australian Athletics
- Jacob Despard at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Jacob Despard at the Australian Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jacob Despard at Commonwealth Games AustraliaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jacob Despard at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jacob Despard at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)
- Jacob Despard at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Australian men sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Hobart
- Sportsmen from Tasmania
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia