Jared Tallent

Jared Tallent

Personal information
Born	(1984-10-17) 17 October 1984 Ballarat, Victoria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	50 km Race Walk
Medal record Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 50 km walk Silver 2012 London 50 km walk Bronze 2008 Beijing 20 km walk World Championships Bronze 2011 Daegu 50 km walk Bronze 2013 Moscow 50 km walk Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 New Delhi 20 km walk Bronze 2006 Melbourne 20 km walk World Race Walking Cup Bronze 2010 Chihuahua 50 km walk Bronze 2012 Saransk 50 km walk

Jared Tallent (born 17 October 1984 in Ballarat, Australia) is an Australian race walker.

Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal. He received a silver medal for finishing second in the 50 km walk a week later, becoming the first Australian to win two athletic medals in the same Olympics since 1972 and the first male Australian to do so in 102 years.^[1] In the 20 km walk and 50 km walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he finished in sixth and seventh position respectively.^[2] Tallent returned to the medal dais in 2010 when claiming a bronze medal in the 50 km Walk at the 24th World Race Walking Cup held in Chihuahua, Mexico.^[3] Later on that year Tallent took home gold in the 20 km walk at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.^[4]

He opened his 2011 season with a win at the Australian 20 km walk championships, while his wife Claire Tallent secured the women's title.^[5] At the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 50km walk.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Tallent finished 7th in the 20 km walk. A week later he won his second consecutive silver medal in the 50 km walk in a personal best time of 3:36:53.^[6]

Tallent won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 km walk at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his second world championships medal. After 2012 Olympics, he moved to Adelaide, South Australia and his wife Claire Tallent took over his coaching. ^[7]

Personal life

Born to farming parents in Ballarat, Jared is married to Claire Tallent, who is also an international race walker, having competed at the Olympics and securing silver in the women's 20 km walk at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.^[8] When not competing he is studying for his Bachelor of Business in Financial Planning or working in the banking industry.^[9]

Achievements

References

External links

• Jared Tallent profile at IAAF
• jaredtallent.com
• Athletics Australia Results Database - Jared Tallent