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Mia Gross
Personal information
Birth nameMia Gross
Nationality
200m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.38 (Sydney, 2024)
200m: 23.16 (Sydney, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  AUS
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 4×100m relay

Mia Gross (born 18 April 2001) is an Australian

200m in both 2018 and 2019. As a senior, Gross was part of the Australian sprint relay team that finished third at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Early life

Growing up in Geelong, Gross took part in many sports including football, netball, volleyball, hockey and cricket, but focused ultimately on athletics.[2]

Career

As a junior, Gross was entered into the

100m despite the freshly broken wrist, and against medical advice, but missed out on a place in the final by 0.02 seconds.[3]

Gross reached the semi-finals at the

Tampere, Finland in the 200m, and was part of an Australian relay team which reached the final of the 4x100m relay and finished in a national and Oceanian under-20 record time of 44.78 seconds.[4] In 2018, and 2019, Gross won National U20 100m and 200m titles.[5][6]

Competing at the senior level, Gross was selected to be a member of the Australian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the 4x100m relay team that qualified through to the final and ultimately finished third.[7][8][9]

Gross ran in the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne in June 2023, competing in the 4x100m relay and setting a new seasons best 100m time of 11.63s for the 100m in winning the women’s C race.[10][11] The following week Gross set a new personal best in the 200 metres, running 23.68s in Bulle, Switzerland.[12]

In March 2024, she lowered her 200 metres personal best to 23.16 seconds as she won the NSW State Championship title ahead of Ella Connolly in Sydney.[13] On 23 March 2024, she lowered her 100m personal best to 11.38 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic.[14] She won silver in the 200 metres at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, running 23.39 seconds.[15]

Personal life

Gross attended

Jo King. Gross also works as a personal trainer at a gym in Melbourne.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Mia Gross". Worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ Gates, Zachary. "Torrie Lewis and company: Aussie speedsters to watch en route to Paris 2024". Nine.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Broken wrist doesn't stop Aussie sprinter Mia Gross as Riley Day takes silver in 100m". foxsports.com.au.
  4. ^ "WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 5 WRAP". thewomensgame.com.
  5. ^ "Mia Gross claims back-to-back under-20 national titles in the women's 100m sprint". Geelongadvertiser.com.
  6. ^ "Geelong sprinter Mia Gross claims yet another national title, defending her under-20 women's 200m title". Geelongadvertiser.com.
  7. ^ "Birmingham Games: Aussies in action on Day 10 and Day 9 results". Timesnewsgroup.com.au.
  8. ^ "Nigeria wins Commonwealth Games 2022 women's 4x100m times and complete teams". world-track.org.
  9. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Team England equal gold medal best after silver upgraded". BBC Sport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's 100m Results: Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2023". Watch athletics. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Women's 4x100m Results: Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2023". Watch athletics. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  12. ^ "200m WOM, U20W, U18W, U16W Séries chronométrées 08.07.2023 16:45 Resultate Offiziell". Swiss-athletics.ch. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. ^ "NSW State Chamoionships women's 200 metres". world Athletics. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Sydney Track Classic". World Athletics. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Womens 200m result". Rosterathletics.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Mia Gross Athletics Australia". athletics.com.au.

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