Olivia Sandery
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||
| Born | 22 January 2003 Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Race walking | ||||||||
Medal record
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Olivia Sandery (born 22 January 2003) is an Australian race walker. She won the 10,000 m walk at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships. In 2024, she won the national title over 35 km.[1]
Career
She is from South Australia and coached by Jarred Tallent. She set a 10 km personal best of 45:24 in January 2022.[2] In March 2022, she won silver in the women's U20 10 km team walk at the 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Muscat, Oman.[3] In May 2022, she finished third in the 35 km walk at the Oceania Open 35 km Race Walking Championships.[4]
She finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's 10,000 metres walk in Cali, Colombia. She set a personal best of 45:19.63 in the 10,000 m at Supernova #1 in January 2023, before setting a new South Australian record of 21:09.08 over 5000 m in March 2023.[5]
She won the 10,000 m walk at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane in 2023.[6] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the women's 20 kilometres walk in Budapest in August 2023.[7]
In February 2024, she finished third at the Oceanian & Australian 20 km Race Walking Championships over 20 km.[8] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 20 kilometres walk.[9] In December 2024, she set an Australian record time of 2:45:31 in winning the 35 km national race walking championship.[10]
In July 2025, she placed fifth at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, in the women's 20 km road walk, winning the silver medal for Australia in the team competition.[11] She was selected for the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing 14th overall in the 35km race walk.[12][13]
In January 2026, she placed third behind Elizabeth McMillen and Rebecca Henderson in the Australian Athletics 10,000m Race Walking Championships.[14]
References
- ^ "Olivia Sandery". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian race walkers using Muscat as building block in long-term plan". World Athletics. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "SANDERY WINS SILVER AT WORLD RACE WALKING CHAMPS". Athleticssa.com. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Oceania Open 35km Race Walking Championships". World Athletics. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "FOR GOLD AND GLORY". Athletics.com.au. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Australian walker Jemima Montag claims silver medal at World Athletics Championships in Budapest". abc.net.au. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Oceanian & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships". World Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Program: "I didn't think she should keep going" - doctor comments on SA's Olympic walker". abc.net.au. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "SANDERY AND COWLEY CROWNED 35KM RACE WALK CHAMPIONS IN MELBOURNE". Athletics.com.au. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "GOLDEN FINAL DAY SEALS HISTORIC WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES CAMPAIGN". Athletics.com.au. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ Moorhouse, Lachlan (26 January 2025). "MYERS LEADS WORLD-LEADING AUSTRALIANS IN EARLY 2026 FRENZY". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
External links
- Olivia Sandery at Australian Athletics
- Olivia Sandery at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Olivia Sandery at Olympics.com
- Olivia Sandery at InterSportStats