Morgan Mitchell
 Morgan Mitchell in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 October 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 metres, 800 metres |
Morgan Mitchell (born 3 October 1994) is an Australian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and now competes in the 800 metres.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Mitchell started athletics in 2000, inspired by the success of compatriot Cathy Freeman at the Sydney Olympics, but stopped at the age of 12 to concentrate on netball. She represented Australia on junior level before returning to athletics in 2012.[3]
Mitchell's father is an African American former professional basketball player who moved from the United States to Australia, and her mother is Australian.[4][5]
Mitchell competed on Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II in 2025, where she placed 6th.
Career
[edit | edit source]Mitchell competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing to the final. She represented Australia in the Women's 400m and Women's 4 × 400 m Relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6] Her personal best in the 400 metres is 51.25 seconds set in Birmingham in 2016.
In 2019, Mitchell switched focus to the 800 metres, rapidly improving to her current personal best of 2:00.06.[7]
As part of her switch in event, Elizabeth Mathews became her coach and Mitchell began running 60–70 km a week rather than the 15 km per week she had done for sprinting previously.[8]
Mitchell competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She came sixth in her Women's 800m heat with a time of 2:05.44 and was therefore eliminated.[9]
Mitchell took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was named F45's Global Athlete for Australia.[10] She has been vegan for over a decade and attributes much of her success to her vegan diet.
International competitions
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References
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External links
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Australian women sprinters
- Australian people of African-American descent
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Athletes from Melbourne
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic women sprinters
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- People from Carlton, Victoria
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Survivor (franchise) contestants
- Australian Survivor