Mia Gross
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| Birth name | Mia Gross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 2001 Geelong, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100m, 200m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.38 (Sydney, 2024) 200m: 22.81 (Sestriere, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mia Gross (born 18 April 2001) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in sprint events. She was junior Australian champion in the 100m and 200m in both 2018 and 2019. As a senior, Gross was part of the Australian sprint relay team that finished third at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
Early life
[edit]Growing up in Geelong, Gross took part in many sports including football, netball, volleyball, hockey and cricket, but focused ultimately on athletics.[3]
Career
[edit]As a junior, Gross was entered into the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Nassau, Bahamas. At the Games however, Gross had her wrist broken following an incident in which another competitor knocked her over by jogging into her lane when she was training. Gross competed in the 100m despite the freshly broken wrist, and against medical advice, but missed out on a place in the final by 0.02 seconds.[4]
Gross reached the semi-finals at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in 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.[5] In 2018, and 2019, Gross won National U20 100m and 200m titles.[6][7]
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.[8][9][10]
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.[11][12] The following week Gross set a new personal best in the 200 metres, running 23.68s in Bulle, Switzerland.[13]
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.[14] On 23 March 2024, she lowered her 100m personal best to 11.38 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic.[15] She won silver in the 200 metres at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April 2024, running 23.39 seconds.[16][17] On 3 May 2024, she lowered her 200m personal best to 23.15, winning at the Shizuoka International Athletics Meet in Fukuroi, Japan.[18] In June 2024, she lowered her 200m personal best to 22.81 in Sestriere. At the same event she ran a wind-assisted 11.18 for the 100m.[19] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres.[20][21]
Personal life
[edit]Gross attended Geelong Grammar School. Gross is the cousin of triathlete Jo King. Gross also works as a personal trainer at a gym in Melbourne.[22] Her sister Olivia is a pole-vaulter.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gross Mia". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Mia Gross". Worldathletics.org.
- ^ Gates, Zachary. "Torrie Lewis and company: Aussie speedsters to watch en route to Paris 2024". Nine.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Broken wrist doesn't stop Aussie sprinter Mia Gross as Riley Day takes silver in 100m". foxsports.com.au. 21 July 2017.
- ^ "WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 5 WRAP". thewomensgame.com.
- ^ "Mia Gross claims back-to-back under-20 national titles in the women's 100m sprint". Geelongadvertiser.com.
- ^ "Geelong sprinter Mia Gross claims yet another national title, defending her under-20 women's 200m title". Geelongadvertiser.com.
- ^ "Birmingham Games: Aussies in action on Day 10 and Day 9 results". Timesnewsgroup.com.au. 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria wins Commonwealth Games 2022 women's 4x100m times and complete teams". world-track.org. 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Team England equal gold medal best after silver upgraded". BBC Sport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Women's 100m Results: Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2023". Watch athletics. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Results: Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2023". Watch athletics. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "200m WOM, U20W, U18W, U16W Séries chronométrées 08.07.2023 16:45 Resultate Offiziell". Swiss-athletics.ch. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "NSW State Chamoionships women's 200 metres". world Athletics. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Sydney Track Classic". World Athletics. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Cameron, Ben (16 April 2024). "Torquay sprinter Mia Gross wins silver in the 200m at the national athletic championships". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Womens 200m result". Rosterathletics.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "39th Shizuoka International Athletics Meet". World Athletics. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Sestriere: Geddes and Despard win the 100m, great time by Mia Gross in the 200m". atleticalive.it. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Mia Gross Athletics Australia". athletics.com.au.
- ^ Bieske, Sarah (18 May 2024). "Mia and Olivia Gross aiming high in world track and field". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
