Action a plenty on Day 6 of the Champs

The first day of the men’s decathlon get underway on Day 6 of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019.Cedric Dubler kicks it off for the Australian’s, he is in heat three of the men’s 100m at 4:51pm local time (23:51 AEST).

The decathlon long jump is on at 5:30pm (00:30 3 Oct AEST), before the three Australian women in the 1500m heats come out to do battle. Georgia Griffith is in heat 1, up against three sub 4 minute runners (Sifan Hassan NED, Winnie Nanyondo UGA, and Faith Kipyegon KEN). Australian Jessica Hull is in heat 2 at 5:47pm (00:47 3 Oct AEST), she is up against Shelby Houlihan USA, and Gudaf Tsegay ETH, who are both 3.57 runners. Australian 1500m record holder Linden Hall is in heat 3 at 17:59 (00:59 Oct 3 – AEST), she is racing against one the best 1500m runner in the world – Laura Muir. All three women need to be the first six of their heat or be one of the sixth fastest times.

Melissa Hull is next up in the first round of the women’s 5000m, she is in the second of the heats at 18:51 (01:25 3 Oct – AEST). To get through to the final she needs to be in the first five of her heat or have one of the fifth fastest times.

Nick Hough will look to advance to the final in the110m hurdles at 20:05 (03:05), it’s the first time that Nick has made it through to a semi at the World Championships (appearing for his fourth time). If Hough gets through his semi-final, he will be running in the men’s 110m hurdles at 22:55 (05:55 3 Oct – AEST).

The Australian co-Captain will be out to do his best in the semi-final of the men’s 400m at 20:35 (03:35 3 Oct – AEST). To get through to the final Steve has to be one of the two fastest in his heat or have one of the two fastest times.

Lauren Boden and Sarah Carli will fight it out in the women’s 400m hurdles semi-final at 21:05 (04:05 3 Oct – AEST).  To get through to the final either women has to be one of the two fastest in his heat or have one of the two fastest times.

The day finishes off as it started with Cedric Dubler competing in the men’s decathlon 400m at 23:15 (06:15 3 Oct – AEST).

The day is being broadcast live and exclusively on Eurosport Australia from 11:30pm - 6:50am (AEST).

Cedric Dubler is in the men’s decathlon starting on Day 6 of the IAAF World Athletics Championships

State: QLD

Event & PB: Decathlon 8229 points (Gold Coast AUS, 16/17 Feb 2018)

Coach: Eric Brown

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @cedricdubler/cedricdubler

International Champs & medals:

World Juniors (2012, 2014)

Olympic Games (2016)

World Championship (2017)

Commonwealth Games (2018 bronze)

Cedric Dubler has compiled a tremendous junior career and is one of Australia’s greatest ever in the event. After placing fourth at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, he won silver two years later in an Australian under-20 record. In 2016 he was superb at the 2016 Nationals and Olympic Trial, scoring 8114 points to exceed the Olympic qualifying standard by 14 points and move to the third best in Australian history.  He became the first Australian decathlete to qualify for the Olympics since 2000. He backed up his trials performance with an excellent score of 8024 points at the Rio Olympics, placing 14th – the best by an Aussie for 32 years.

On limited preparation in 2017, he defended his national title and placed 18th at the 2017 IAAF World Championships. He prepared meticulously for a shot at the Commonwealth Games in his own state. Over the 2017/18 summer he made improvements in the 110m hurdles, discus and pole vault. At the national championships and Commonwealth Games trials he achieved PBs in the 100m, shot, 110m hurdles pole vault, javelin and 1500m. He tallied a PB score of 8229, third highest by an Australian and the best mark by an Aussie for 20 years. Unfortunately, he injured his elbow after the trials and his participation was in doubt, but he managed to complete the competition with a score of 7983 and was well rewarded with bronze. In 2019 a threat emerged, his training partner Ashley Moloney. Cedric won the national title, but placed second to Ashley at the Oceania Championships.

Started athletics - Encouraged to take up sport by coach Eric Brown. “At the start of my athletics career, I (dabbled) with a few different events. I started with the 800m, the long jump, then went to the sprints. I never really knew where I stood, and that’s when I joined Eric, to train in pole vault. He said, ‘Look, we’ve got a decathlete here.’”…Ambition: “To find my body’s potential and push my limits”…Hobbies - Travelling, photography and Vlogger/blogging. Has produced original social content, and his LinkedIn profile notes him as a: “Brand Ambassador, Social Influencer and Content Creator.” One of his Facebook posts, a video of him unpacking his London world championships uniform, went viral.

Georgia Griffith is in the women’s 1500m heats at 5:35pm (12:35pm – AEST)

Club: Box Hill Athletics Club

Event & PB: 1500m 4:04.17 (Gold Coast AUS, 10 Apr 2018), 800m 2:00.13 (Portland USA, 15 Jun 2018),

Coach: Steve Ellinghaus

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @GGriffith96 /georgia.griffith

International Champs & medals:

World Juniors (2014)

World Championships (2017)

World University Games (2017, 2019 silver 1500m)

Commonwealth Games (2018)

Georgia Griffith had always enjoyed running so when she moved to the city in her mid-teens, she decided to commence regular training and just days after her 17th birthday she tasted success, winning the 2013 Australian All Schools Championships 800m gold medal in a time of 2:09. At the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, she ran three 2:04 times through the rounds, placing fourth in the final. She also ran in the 4x400m relay which placed seventh in the final.

Her 2016/17 season was a breakthrough campaign with three domestic season 800m PBs, eventually seeing the mark sit at 2:02.09. After a stint of altitude training at Flagstaff she smashed her career bests five days apart in Portland. She first ran 2:00.90 for the 800m, to qualify for the IAAF world championships and record the fastest time by an Australian for six years. Five days later, she sliced six seconds from her 1500m career best with a time of 4:07.32, her second world championships qualifier for the week.  She was selected to compete in both events at the 2017 IAAF World Championships, becoming the first Australian athlete to compete in both events at the same world championships. She was fifth in the 800m heat (2:03.54) and 11th in the 1500m heat (4:08.99). Two weeks later she competed at the World University Games in Taipei where she concentrated on just the 800m. Running well in the early rounds, she just missed a medal in the final, by 0.3 seconds, filling fourth place. But after the event, the winner, Cuba’s Rose Almanza Blanco, was disqualified for running on the inside of the track. Griffith stood on the podium and proudly accepted the bronze medal. But later that evening, after a protest from Cuba, the winner was re-instated and Griffith relegated to her original finishing position of fourth.

Her 800m/1500m double performance continued at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, running a PB everytime she raced finished fifth in the 1500m and run out in the 800m heats. In June 2018 she returned to America to run another 800m PB 2:00.13 to move to 7th All-time. A late start to 2019 due to injury she was second in the national 800m, but started to focus on 1500m clocking a Doha world championships qualifier. In June she won the Oceania 1500m and a silver medal at the 2019 World University Games.

Hobbies - Drawing and reading…Hero – Charlene Rendina. Laura Muir – “I have always been really impressed with her style of running, particularly how hard she goes from the start.”

Jessica Hull is in the women’s 1500m heats at 5:35pm (12:35pm – AEST)

Club: Bankstown Athletics Club

Resident: Portland USA

Event & PBs: 1500m 4:02.62 (Stanford USA, 30 Jun 2019), 5000m 15:00.32 (Berlin GER, 1 Sep 2019)

Coach: Pete Julian

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @jessicahull143/jessicaahull

International Champs & medals: World Juniors (2014) World Cross Country (2015 - U20)

Jess Hull started athletics very young and it has been her focus ever since. “I started running in year 2 at my primary school cross country carnival. The cross country carnival was mandatory once you got to year 2 so it was my first introduction to running and I loved it! I started Little Athletics with Albion Park Little A’s later that year when the season started.”

Through her teens she was a regular on the national podium running impressive times of 4:28 (1500m) and 9:37 (3000m) at 15.  At 17, made her junior international debut at the World Juniors making the 1500m final. In 2015 she departed Wollongong for Oregon University where she completed a degree in Human Physiology major (Psychology and Sports Business minors).

At University she made a modest start in 2016, but in 2017 smashed PBs from 800m to 5000m, taking her 1500m best from 4:20 to 4:13, but not qualifying for the NCAAs. 2018 was a breakthrough year with PBs from 800m to 3000m, winning the NCAA 1500m title in 4:08.75. She was also 3rd in the indoor 3000m and gold in the relay.

Late in 2018, she was third in the highly competitive NCAA XC. 2019 was another successful US college season. Indoors she won gold in the 3000m and relay and outdoors silver in the 1500m in a PB 4:06.27. Three weeks later at Stanford she destroyed her 1500m PB running 4:02.62 to become the fourth fastest in Australian history and qualify for the Doha world championships and Tokyo Olympics. She raced a few times in Europe, including a stunning 15:00.32 5000m in Berlin – the third fastest in Australian history and fastest by an Australian for 13 years.

Sporting ambition – global finals then to competing for medals. “Ultimately, I want to get the most out of myself so I can look back one day and be satisfied with the effort I put into my training and preparation. No regrets!”... Memorable sporting achievement - sharing my first NCAA title with a home crowd, all of my teammates in the grand stands, my family and my coach at the time (Maurica Powell), was a very special moment and couldn’t have been more fitting. Everyone who was a part of my development as a Duck was there which made it so special. It was a full circle moment for me after competing there in 2014 for the World Junior Championships …Influential person – “My dad. He coached me from a young age and when I look back now I can see how his meticulous planning throughout my junior development has built the foundation I have now.”…First junior club - Kembla Joggers…Advice to your young self – “Never place any limitations on your ability or potential outcomes. Persevere, make the most of opportunities and take ownership of your process.”

Linden Hall is in the women’s 1500m heats at 5:35pm (12:35pm – AEST)

Club: Athletics Essendon

Event & PB: 4:00.86 (Eugene USA, 26 May 2018)

Coach: Bruce Scriven

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @Linden_hall/linden.hall

International Champs & medals:

Commonwealth Youth Games (2008)

Continental Cup (2018)

World Championships (2017)

Olympic Games (2016)

Commonwealth Games (2018)

Linden Hall started athletics while in primary school. “In Grade six I made a Victorian cross country team and after placing 11th at my first national cross country I joined Athletics Essendon and found a coach. Slowly other sports such as 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 times of 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 weeks later 4:01.78. She was now the third fastest in Australian history and insight of the national record held by one of her former coaches Sarah Jamieson. She made the semi-finals at the Rio Olympics and the next year (2017) ran in the heats 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 competition in mid-2019 with two 4:04 1500m runs in London and Zurich.

Education – Science (Dietetics) at Florida State Uni, M. Dietetics, Monash Uni…Sporting ambition - To break four minutes for the 1500m…Sporting achievement - Running for Australia at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. Walking out into that stadium is a moment I will never forget…Sporting moment - Competing at a home Commonwealth Games in 2018, the atmosphere and support were absolutely incredible…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 your young 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…

Melissa Duncan is in the women’s 5000m heat at 6:25pm (1:25am 3 Oct – AEST)

Club: Knox Athletics Club

Resident: Tokyo, Japan

Event & PB: 5000m 15:18.43 (Nijmegen NED, 8 Jun 2018)

Coach: Nic Bideau

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): /lissyduncs

International Champs & medals:

World Youth Championships (2007)

Commonwealth Games (2014)

World Relays (2014 bronze, 2015)

World Championships (2015)

World indoors (2016)

World Cross Country (2019)

The career of Melissa Duncan has had highs and lows but a theme for her has been to remember why she started and that was for enjoyment of the sport.

“I began running in my early teens, mainly because my sister was doing it and I copied everything she did,’” she recalled. “Unfortunately it didn’t come quite as naturally to me as it did to her, I didn’t enjoy it at all until I joined the Knox club and started training with a group. The social aspect drew me in.”

She considered the consistent training improved her and some fitness also from surf lifesaving at school. In 2007 she made her international debut in the 1500m at the World Youth Championships, just missing a medal in fourth place. But the next few years were frustrating with three navicular stress fractures, eventually requiring surgery. During these years she was also studying a bachelor in education. She was back into competition by 2011 and an opportunity to run for Australia at the 2013 Ekiden in Japan sparked some interest and belief she could qualify for the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she eventually placed 10th. The next few years were busy with competition at the World Relays, World Championships and an impressive sixth at the 2016 World Indoors. Selected for the Rio Olympics in the 1500m in April, she broke a bone in her foot and despite trying cross training she withdrew from the Games. She was told by doctors she may never get back to running, had a plate and pins inserted in her foot and experienced a very low time in her life.

In January 2017 she resumed training and had her first race back in November 2017 but realised she was a long way from her best and missed Gold Coast Commonwealth Games selection. But by mid-2018 she was running well and clocked a 5000m PB of 15:18. In February 2019 she won the national 5000m title and in March was Australia’s best at the World Cross Country Championships with a terrific 26th. A week later she took up an eight month contract to run in Japan with an Ekiden team – “Shiseido Running”.

Hobbies - Pottery, Guitar, Japanese language study, bead bracelet making…Sporting ambition -  “To get the most out of myself and constantly challenge my body and expectations…Most influential person – “My Dad. He has an irreplaceable understanding of what kind of advice I need. When I’m having a rough time he will know whether I need his company on the bike to get the training done or a day off to go surfing or something else!”… Advice to your young self – “Have fun.. But I always have!”… Nickname – Lissyduncs

Nick Hough is in the Men’s 110m Hurdles semi-final at 8:20pm (3:20am 3 Oct AEST)

Club: Sydney University Athletics Club

Event & PB: 110m Hurdles 13.38 (Gold Coast AUS, 10 Apr 2018)

Coach: Anthony Benn

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @nick_hough/Nick_Hough

International Champs & medals:

Youth Olympic Games (2010 110m hurdles gold, medley relay bronze)

World Juniors (2012 silver)

World Championships (2013, 2015, 2017)

World University Games (2013, 2015, 2017)

Commonwealth Games (2014, 2018 bronze)

World Indoors (2018)

World Relays (2019)

A talented junior, Nick Hough emerged in Little Athletics and GPS school athletics competition for The Kings School. He was an all-rounder, competing in sprints/hurdles, jumps and the shot put.

He made his international debut aged 16, at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games, winning gold in the 110m hurdles. In 2012, he competed at the IAAF World Junior Championships winning silver in the 110m hurdles. In 2013, while negotiating the senior hurdle height, he ran his lifetime bests in the sprints (10.39/20.66), securing semi-final places at the World University Games. He then received a call-up to run on the national 4x100m relay at the world championships.

In 2014, he made significant progress in his preferred event, the 110m hurdles. Starting the season with a best of 13.98, he eventually took this to 13.57 for fourth in the final at the Commonwealth Games.  In 2015 he won the national title in a stunning 13.42 making him number two Australian all-time and was the fastest by an Australian for over 18 years.

At the 2015 world championships, he was run out in the heats and injury in 2016 made it difficult to qualify for Rio. In 2017 in Europe he qualified for the London world championships and was fifth in his heat. Two weeks later he competed at his third World University Games, where he placed sixth in the final.

In 2018 he was untroubled in winning his fourth national 110m hurdles title and in March competed at the IAAF World indoors in Birmingham and progressed to the semi-final just missing the national record running 7.76 in his heat. He was terrific at the Commonwealth Games claiming bronze in a PB 13.38. It was the fastest time by an Australian at the Commonwealth Games and first medal in the event for 32 years.

His mother, Sue, competed at the World University Games and father, Anthony, was a 7676-point decathlete. In mid2015 he launched ‘Gradeproof’ an app which improves your writing with better grammar and rephrasing. It is used by 700,000 people in 191 countries. In late 2015 Nick and his business partner appeared on a Chinese reality television show, The Next Unicorn. They competed against 15 global entrepreneurs.

Steve Solomon in the men’s 400m semi-final at 8:35pm local time (3:35pm AEST)

Club & State: Randwick Botany, NSW

Event & PB: 400m 44.97 (London GBR, 5 Aug 2012),

Coach: Penny Gillies

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @stevesolo10  / stevesolomon10

International Champs & medals:

World Juniors (2010, 2012 - bronze)

Continental Cup (2018) Olympics (2012)

World Relays (2019)

World Championships (2013, 2017)

Commonwealth Games (2014, 2018)

Steven Solomon was a late bloomer in athletics, advancing to state and national championships in the latter years of high school.

He placed second at the 2010 Australian Junior Athletics Championships and was selected to the 4x100m relay team at the IAAF World Junior Championships that same year. In 2011, he won the junior and open national 400m title, clocking an impressive personal best of 45.58. At 17 years and 11 months, he became the seventh youngest men’s winner at the Nationals. He was selected to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu in the 4x400m relay and at 18 years three months and 11 days, the third youngest ever Australian male to compete at the World Championships.

In July 2012, he competed at the World Juniors, where he placed third in the 400m (PB 45.52) and anchored the relay team to fourth. Less than a month later at the London Olympics, he ran an extraordinary series of races over three days. He won his heat in 45.18, went even faster in the semi-final clocking 44.97 and placed eight in the final with 45.14. He was the youngest in that final and was now the seventh fastest in Australian history, while still a teenager. In 2012, he headed off to Stanford University in America to study pre-medicine, but a lower back injury hindered his freshman season. He returned from the US to win the 2014 national title in a quick 45.36, but a hamstring injury curtailed his full NCAA season. There was doubt he could compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but he made the start line for the 400m heats, advancing through the heat and unfortunately injuring his hamstring in the semi. Following the Commonwealth Games, he had hamstring surgery in Melbourne and rehabilitated with coach Iryna Dvoskina in Canberra. He had his first race in 16 months in November 2015 but was still restricted by injury over the summer. He clocked a good time of 45.50 to win the Australian title. After Nationals, he raced once in Canberra, twice in Townsville and seven occasions overseas in pursuit of the Olympic standard of 45.40, but alas he fell short, the best being 45.44. He won the 2017 national title, his fifth while still only 23-year-old. On June 29 in California, he clocked 45.19, his fastest since the London Olympics and his best time outside of the three races in London in 2012. The mark was also a qualifier for the 2017 IAAF world championships, enabling him to relive the atmosphere of his greatest achievement to date. In London, he placed seventh in his heat clocking 46.27. In February 2018, now at Duke University he broke the national indoor 400m record, clocking 45.44. He was selected for the Commonwealth Games where he progressed through the three rounds to place seventh in the final. In 2019 he was back home in Australia where he won the national title (a record sixth), Oceania Championships and Pacific Games title. He also helped the national team qualify for the 2019 World Relays, then 2019 World Championships.

Lauren Boden in the women’s 400m hurdles semi-final at 9:05pm local time, (04:05pm 3 Oct AEST)

Club: North Canberra Gungahlin

Event & PB: 400m hurdles 54.87 (Sydney AUS, 7 Apr 2019)

Coach: Matt Beckenham

International Champs & medals:

World Youth Championships (2015 silver)

World Juniors (2006)

Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

World University Games (2007, 2009)

World Cup/Continental Cup (2006, 2010, 2014)

World Relays (2019)

World Championships (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

Olympic Games (2012, 2016)

Lauren Boden had a busy international career as a teenager. At the 2005 World Youth Championships, she won silver in the 400m hurdles and competed in the long jump. In a big 2006, she competed at the Commonwealth Games, World Cup and World Juniors. In 2007, she ran the 400m hurdles and competed in the long jump at the World University Games. She was also competing in the heptathlon and had an impressive long jump personal best of 6.40m, but after this, the 400m hurdles became the focus.

After a fourth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, from 2011 to 2016 she compiled a very consistent semi-final result at five consecutive global championships - two Olympics and three world championships. Her fastest time amongst those races was her heat time of 55.37 at the Daegu World Championships. Two years later, in 2015 in Beijing, was her highest semi-final place with fourth. In London at the 2017 World Championships, she also ran on the 4x400m relay team.

Preparing for the 2017/18 summer leading into the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Lauren competed in the long jump where she leapt a B standard and broke her 10-year-old PB with a distance of 6.44m and was selected in the event making the final. She also ran the hurdles and 4x400 relay.

At the start of the 2019 season she was surprisingly beaten, but Sarah Carli – her first loss to an Aussie (when healthy) in eight years, but Lauren responded breaking her six year old PB with a time of 54.87 – to remain number three Australian all-time behind Olympic champion Debbie Flintoff and world champion Jana Pittman.

Hobbies - music, shopping, reading, making greetings cards and her two labradoodles…Education – Science and psychology then primary school teaching at Uni of Canberra…Sporting relatives - Husband Heath won softball world championships…Started the sport - In Little Athletics and switched to hurdles in 2002 after meeting coach Matt Beckenham…Hero - Australian hurdler Jana Pittman… Influence - Parents and coach Matt Beckenham.
 

Sarah Carli in the women’s 400m hurdles semi-final at 9:05pm local time, (04:05pm 3 Oct AEST)

State: NSW

Coach: Melissa Logan/ Paul Micale

Club: Kembla Joggers

Event & PB: 400m hurdles 55.67 (Canberra AUS, 28 Jan 2019)

Social Media (Twitter/Instagram): @SarahCarli/sarah_carli

International Champs & medals:

World Youth Championships (2011 – silver)

When Sarah was aged eight, she answered an advertisement for Wollongong City Little Aths in her school newsletter. “My sister and I decided to sign up together for the U9’s. I have been running ever since.” At 16, in December 2010 she won the Australian Schools 400m hurdles in an impressive 60.52. At the 2011 Australian championships she placed second and secured selection for the World Youth. At the championships she was outstanding destroying her PB through the three rounds, eventually placing second in the final in 58.05 seconds – fifth fastest in Australian junior history. She ran a couple more 58 seconds runs, but she never improved her PB for seven years. It would take the prospect of a home Games to inspire her to her next two PBs 57.63 in the semi and 56.87 in the final of the 400m hurdles at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games trials in February 2018. She was a close third in the race, with just the winner selected.

She launched into another winter of training (in 2018) and at the 2019 Canberra Track Classic she sprung the surprise clocking 55.67, a 1.2 seconds PB and importantly a Doha World Championships qualifier. Sarah’s win also handed the first defeat in eight years to one of the greats of Australian 400m hurdling - Lauren Boden. Sarah went on to placed second in the nationals and at the Oceania Championships. She explained what happened for seven years and that things happen and life got in the way of her sport. “I forgot the sport was for fun and as a junior I got badly injured, so I was then enjoying other aspects of my life and I wasn’t ready to give that up. I was at university and working at Costco - huge hours and late nights.” Her improvement commenced when she settled into a career. “I was then working nine to five and had a routine. Making it to all my sessions. I had a desk job (Financial adviser and mortgage broker) so that was been the difference.”

Memorable sporting moment - There is so many! But watching Kerryn McCann’s last 400m of her 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon gold is always so inspiring…Occupation -  Financial Adviser and Mortgage Broker… Education – Bachelor of Commerce Majoring in Finance and Management, Wollongong Uni (graduated July 2017), Mortgage Broking & Diploma in Financial Planning…Hobbies – beach and netflix. Is netflix a hobby?..Sporting ambition – Olympics and competing at a Diamond League event…Memorable sporting achievement - Silver medal World Youth Champs in Lille, France from lane 8…Most influential person - Without a doubt my mum. She has been there through every moment good and bad…Advice to your young self? Surround yourself with the right people…Nickname - Donnie, Carlos, Carli.