Linden Hall (Vic) |
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DOB: 20 Jun 1991 |
Age: 30 |
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Athlete Profile |
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Coach: Self-coached |
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Personal Bests |
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| 1500m: 3:59.67 (Melbourne, AUS 1 Apr 2021), Mile: 4:21.40 (London GBR, 22 Jul 2018), 800m: 2:02.85 (Portland USA, 12 Jun 16), 3000m: 8:53.27 (Sydney AUS, 17 Mar 18), 5000m: 15:18.77 (Newcastle AUS, 20 Jan 18) |
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Linden Hall became the first Australian woman in history to break four-minutes in the 1500m when running 3:59.67 to reclaim her national record and shatter the elusive barrier. Hall narrowly missed out on the final at the Rio Olympics and finishing 4th in the 1500m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she approaches Tokyo in the shape of her life on a redemption mission. Hall started athletics while in primary school. “In Grade six I made a Victorian cross country team and afterplacing 11th at my first national cross country I joined Athletics Essendon and found a coach. Slowly other sports suchas swimming and netball were given away to make room for athletics.” During her teenage years she was regularly on the podium at the national junior championships. At 15 she ran timesof 4:27 (1500m) and 9:42 (3000m), but made only slight progression over the next few years. In 2011 she headed to Florida State college in America. During her college career she made three NCAA 1500m finals, winning bronze in 2014. She departed in 2015 with a 1500m PB of 4:15. Shortly after she graduated, in Europe in 2015 she ran a five seconds 1500m PB 4:10.41. After a modest 2016 domestic season, the breakthrough came in May 2016 running 4:04.47 in Stanford and four weekslater 4:01.78. She was now the third fastest in Australian history and insight of the national record held by one of herformer coaches Sarah Jamieson. She made the semi-finals at the Rio Olympics and the next year (2017) ran in theheats at the London World Championships. She won the 2018 national title and at the Commonwealth Games placed fourth in the 1500m missing a medal by just 0.23 seconds. She headed overseas to compete and in May and July she claimed the national records in the 1500m (4:00.86 in Prefontaine) and mile (4:21.40 in London). She didn’t run domestically in 2019 with a number of injuries -two torn calf muscles/tendon, torn quad muscle and tendonitis in the knee/quads tendon. She returned to competitionin mid-2019 with two 4:04 1500m runs in London and Zurich. In 2019, Hall represented Australia at the IAAF World Championships where she placed 10th in the semi final of the 1500m, before dabling in a number of distances ranging from 800m-5000m throughout 2020. 2021 has seen Hall reclaim her national record from Jessica Hull and become the first woman in Australian history to break 4:00 for the distance, running a stunning 3:59.67 at a relatively low key meet in Box Hill. Just weeks earlier, Hall had qualified for the Olympic Games in the event after running 4:02.02 in Canberra, but she would proceed to also qualify for the 800m when running 1:59.22 at the Queensland Track Classic. Hall won the 1500m naitonal title with conviction to secure her ticket to Tokyo, opting out of running the 800m with the sole focus of taking her 1500m campaign as deep into the championships as possible. Education– Science (Dietetics) at Florida State Uni, M. Dietetics, Monash Uni... Sporting achievement- Running for Australia at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. Walking out into that stadium is a moment I will never forget... Hero- “Sarah Jamieson was Australia’s top 1500m runner when I was a junior and consequently someone I followed closely and looked up to a great deal. I’ve been lucky enough to have Sarah as part of my support team for quite a few years - an amazing mentor.”... Advice to youryoung self- Enjoy the friends you make and the places you get to explore through athletics... Sporting relatives -Grandfather’s cousin is Ken Hall, an Australian top-15 miler... Nickname- Lins, Lindy, The Don... |
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