Australian Championships Superlatives
Australian Open Track & Field Championships
Youngest Gold Medallists (under 20years at the end of the year of the event)
| Gender | Name | DOB | Age | Event | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | William Cumming (Vic) | 1882 | 16 | 1 mile | 1897-98 |
| William Cumming (Vic) | 1882 | 16 | 3 miles | 1897-98 | |
| Thomas 'Tom' Maher (Qld) | 16 Apr 1891 | 17 | High Jump | 1907-08 | |
| Cameron Myers (ACT) | 9 Jun 2006 | 17 | 1 mile Invitation | 2022-23 | |
| Christopher Noffke (Qld) | 6 Jan 1988 | 17 | Long Jump | 2004-05 | |
| Angus Armstrong (NSW) | 17 Mar 1997 | 18 | Pole Vault | 2014-15 | |
| Michael Dick (ACT) | 10 Apr 1961 | 18 | High Jump | 1978-79 | |
| David Dixon (SA) | 24 Jul 1965 | 18 | Javelin Throw | 1982-83 | |
| Timothy 'Tim' Forsyth (Vic) | 17 Aug 1973 | 18 | High Jump | 1990-91 | |
| Gout Gout (Qld) | 29 Dec 2007 | 18 | 200 metres | 2024-25 | |
| David Hoyle (Vic) | 23 Dec 1963 | 18 | High Jump | 1980-81 | |
| Miles Murphy (NSW) | 19 May 1967 | 18 | 400 metres | 1984-85 | |
| Cameron Myers (ACT) | 9 Jun 2006 | 18 | 3,000 metres | 2023-24 | |
| Paul Narracott (Qld) | 8 Oct 1959 | 18 | 100 metres | 1976-77 | |
| Edward Osei-Nketia (ACT/NZL) | 8 May 2001 | 18 | 100 metres | 2018-19 | |
| Douglas Shetliffe (NSW) | 19 Jun 1916 | 18 | High Jump | 1933-34 | |
| Steven Solomon (NSW) | 16 May 1993 | 18 | 400 metres | 2010-11 | |
| Murray Tolbert (NSW) | 7 Apr 1946 | 18 | Long Jump | 1963-64 | |
| Michael 'Mike' Allen (WA) | 13 Oct 1966 | 19 | High Jump | 1984-85 | |
| Justin Anlezark (Qld) | 14 Aug 1977 | 19 | Discus Throw | 1995-96 | |
| Terry Beaton (SA) | 1 Nov 1952 | 19 | Decathlon | 1970-71 | |
| Raymond 'Ray' Boyd (Vic) | 28 Jun 1951 | 19 | Pole Vault | 1969-70 | |
| Peter Burge (NSW) | 3 Jul 1974 | 19 | Triple Jump | 1992-93 | |
| Donald Bursill (NSW) | 28 Aug 1940 | 19 | 220 yards | 1958-59 | |
| John Cann (NSW) | 15 Jan 1938 | 19 | 220 yards Hurdles | 1956-57 | |
| James 'Jim' Carlton (NSW) | 10 Feb 1909 | 19 | 100 yards | 1927-28 | |
| James 'Jim' Carlton (NSW) | 10 Feb 1909 | 19 | 220 yards | 1927-28 | |
| Peter Cox (NSW) | 12 Nov 1932 | 19 | Triple Jump | 1950-51 | |
| Clay Cross (NSW) | 26 Nov 1977 | 19 | Shot Put | 1995-96 | |
| Hubert Day (Qld) | 1907 | 19 | Long Jump | 1925-26 | |
| Matthew Denny (Qld) | 2 Jun 1996 | 19 | Hammer Throw | 2014-15 | |
| Basil Dickinson (NSW) | 25 Apr 1915 | 19 | Triple Jump | 1933-34 | |
| David Dixon (SA) | 24 Jul 1965 | 19 | Javelin Throw | 1983-84 | |
| Herbert 'Herb' Elliott (WA) | 25 Feb 1938 | 19 | 1 mile | 1956-57 | |
| Herbert 'Herb' Elliott (WA) | 25 Feb 1938 | 19 | 880 yards | 1956-57 | |
| Timothy 'Tim' Forsyth (Vic) | 17 Aug 1973 | 19 | High Jump | 1991-92 | |
| Ian Garrett (NSW) | 12 May 1970 | 19 | High Jump | 1988-89 | |
| Paul Greene (NSW) | 9 Dec 1972 | 19 | 400 metres | 1990-91 | |
| Leon Gregory (SA) | 23 Nov 1932 | 19 | 440 yards | 1950-51 | |
| Ross Haywood (Vic) | 18 Feb 1947 | 19 | 3,000 metres Walk | 1965-66 | |
| Michael 'Mike' Hillardt (Qld) | 22 Jan 1961 | 19 | 1500 metres | 1979-80 | |
| Aiden Hinson (Vic) | 5 Jun 2003 | 19 | Triple Jump | 2021-22 | |
| William 'Bill' Hooker (Vic) | 31 Mar 1949 | 19 | 400 metres | 1967-68 | |
| George Hyde (Vic) | 6 May 1905 | 19 | 1 mile | 1923-24 | |
| George Hyde (Vic) | 6 May 1905 | 19 | 3 miles | 1923-24 | |
| Brad Jamieson (SA) | 16 Mar 1978 | 19 | 400 metres | 1996-97 | |
| Steven Knott (Tas) | 9 Sep 1959 | 19 | Long Jump | 1977-78 | |
| Robert 'Bob' Lay (NSW) | 20 Mar 1944 | 19 | 100 yards | 1962-63 | |
| David Lean (Tas) | 22 Aug 1935 | 19 | 440 yards Hurdles | 1953-54 | |
| Blake Lucas (NSW) | 12 Jun 1990 | 19 | Pole Vault | 2008-09 | |
| Thomas 'Tom' Maher (Qld) | 16 Apr 1891 | 19 | 120 yards Hurdles | 1909-10 | |
| Randal Markey (Tas) | 14 Feb 1955 | 19 | 1500 metres | 1973-74 | |
| Kurtis Marschall (SA) | 25 Apr 1997 | 19 | Pole Vault | 2015-16 | |
| Fred Martin (NSW) | 4 Oct 1966 | 19 | 100 metres | 1984-85 | |
| James 'Jim' McCann (NSW) | 28 May 1939 | 19 | Long Jump | 1957-58 | |
| Mizan Mehari (ACT) | 28 Dec 1980 | 19 | 5,000 metres | 1998-99 | |
| James Miller (WA) | 4 Jun 1974 | 19 | Pole Vault | 1992-93 | |
| Aidan Murphy (SA) | 14 Oct 2003 | 19 | 200 metres | 2021-22 | |
| Cameron Myers (ACT) | 9 Jun 2006 | 19 | 1500 metres | 2024-25 | |
| Paul Narracott (Qld) | 8 Oct 1959 | 19 | 100 metres | 1977-78 | |
| John 'Jack' Newman (Vic) | 1903 | 19 | 1 mile | 1921-22 | |
| Ben Offereins (WA) | 12 Mar 1986 | 19 | 400 metres | 2004-05 | |
| John Pfitzner (SA) | 10 Nov 1940 | 19 | Pole Vault | 1958-59 | |
| Charles 'Chilla' Porter (Qld) | 11 Jan 1936 | 19 | High Jump | 1954-55 | |
| Steven Solomon (NSW) | 16 May 1993 | 19 | 400 metres | 2011-12 | |
| Glenn Stojanovic (NSW) | 3 Feb 1974 | 19 | 1 mile Invitation | 1992-93 | |
| Sebastian Sultana (NSW) | 15 Sep 2005 | 19 | 100 metres | 2023-24 | |
| Declan Tingay (WA) | 6 Feb 1999 | 19 | 10,000 metres Walk | 2017-18 | |
| John Treloar (NSW) | 19 Jan 1928 | 19 | 100 yards | 1946-47 | |
| Alfred 'Alf' Watson (Vic) | 26 May 1907 | 19 | 440 yards Hurdles | 1925-26 | |
| Graeme Wright (WA) | 30 Jan 1954 | 19 | 400 metres | 1972-73 | |
| Liam Zamel-Paez (Qld) | 4 Aug 1988 | 19 | High Jump | 2006-07 | |
| Women | Sharon Dalton (NSW) | 2 Dec 1967 | 15 | 1500 metres | 1981-82 |
| Mary Grace (Qld) | 10 Apr 1937 | 15 | High Jump | 1951-52 | |
| Angela Raines-White (Qld) | 22 Mar 1974 | 15 | 1 mile Invitation | 1988-89 | |
| Carol Bernoth (Qld) | 11 May 1938 | 16 | High Jump | 1953-54 | |
| Georgina 'Georgie' Clarke (Vic) | 17 Jun 1984 | 16 | 1500 metres | 1999-00 | |
| Angela Cook (NSW) | 17 Sep 1953 | 16 | 1,500 metres Walk | 1968-69 | |
| Janice Cooper (NSW) | 17 Feb 1940 | 16 | High Jump | 1955-56 | |
| Carolyn Lewis (Wright) (NSW) | 16 Jan 1946 | 16 | High Jump | 1961-62 | |
| Anne Manning (Pembroke) (NSW) | 13 Nov 1959 | 16 | 3,000 metres Walk | 1974-75 | |
| Valerie 'Val' Melville (Lawrence) (WA) | 5 Aug 1936 | 16 | Shot Put | 1951-52 | |
| Elizaveta 'Liz' Parnova (WA) | 9 May 1994 | 16 | Pole Vault | 2009-10 | |
| Sally Pierson (Vic) | 10 Mar 1963 | 16 | 5,000 metres Walk | 1978-79 | |
| Melissa Rollison (Qld) | 13 Apr 1983 | 16 | 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 1998-99 | |
| Vanessa Ward (WA) | 5 Jan 1963 | 16 | High Jump | 1978-79 | |
| Sophia Begg (NSW) | 14 Jun 1988 | 17 | High Jump | 2004-05 | |
| Lauren Boden (Wells) (ACT) | 3 Aug 1988 | 17 | 400 metres Hurdles | 2004-05 | |
| Arielle Cannell (Tas) | 7 Feb 2008 | 17 | Hammer Throw | 2024-25 | |
| Judith Canty (NSW) | 5 Oct 1931 | 17 | Long Jump | 1947-48 | |
| Karen Charlton (NSW) | 30 Jun 1972 | 17 | Triple Jump | 1988-89 | |
| Catherine 'Cathy' Freeman (Vic) | 16 Feb 1973 | 17 | 200 metres | 1989-90 | |
| Katie Hayward (Qld) | 23 Jul 2000 | 17 | 10,000 metres Walk | 2016-17 | |
| Katherine Katsanevakis (Vic) | 6 Nov 1988 | 17 | 800 metres | 2004-05 | |
| Kimberly Mulhall (Vic) | 9 Jan 1991 | 17 | Shot Put | 2007-08 | |
| Shermin Oksuz (WA) | 24 Mar 1984 | 17 | Long Jump | 2000-01 | |
| Eleanor Patterson (Vic) | 22 May 1996 | 17 | High Jump | 2012-13 | |
| Melissa Rollison (Qld) | 13 Apr 1983 | 17 | 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 1999-00 | |
| Christine 'Chris' Stanton (Annison) (WA) | 12 Dec 1959 | 17 | High Jump | 1975-76 | |
| Dani Stevens (Samuels) (NSW) | 26 May 1988 | 17 | Discus Throw | 2004-05 | |
| Deborah 'Debbie' Wells (NSW) | 29 May 1961 | 17 | 100 metres | 1977-78 | |
| Leanne Wickham (Vic) | 14 May 1974 | 17 | Triple Jump | 1990-91 | |
| Jacqueline Baumann (NSW) | 13 Oct 1932 | 18 | High Jump | 1949-50 | |
| Glennys Beasley (Vic) | 12 Feb 1944 | 18 | 100 yards | 1961-62 | |
| Glennys Beasley (Vic) | 12 Feb 1944 | 18 | 220 yards | 1961-62 | |
| Joyce Bennett (WA) | 11 May 1945 | 18 | 220 yards | 1962-63 | |
| Emma Berg (Vic) | 19 Feb 2001 | 18 | Shot Put | 2018-19 | |
| Amy Bremer (Vic) | 21 Jul 1915 | 18 | 220 yards | 1932-33 | |
| Glynis Cearns (Saunders/Nunn) (Qld) | 4 Dec 1960 | 18 | Pentathlon | 1977-78 | |
| Karen Charlton (NSW) | 30 Jun 1972 | 18 | Triple Jump | 1989-90 | |
| Georgina 'Georgie' Clarke (Vic) | 17 Jun 1984 | 18 | 1500 metres | 2001-02 | |
| Elizabeth 'Betty' Cuthbert (NSW) | 20 Apr 1938 | 18 | 220 yards | 1955-56 | |
| Riley Day (Qld) | 30 Mar 2000 | 18 | 100 metres | 2017-18 | |
| Riley Day (Qld) | 30 Mar 2000 | 18 | 200 metres | 2017-18 | |
| Lynette 'Lyn' Foreman (Young) (WA) | 5 Mar 1957 | 18 | 400 metres Hurdles | 1974-75 | |
| Catherine 'Cathy' Freeman (Vic) | 16 Feb 1973 | 18 | 200 metres | 1990-91 | |
| Donna Gould (SA) | 10 Jun 1966 | 18 | 3,000 metres | 1983-84 | |
| Margaret Hamley (NSW) | 11 Mar 1961 | 18 | Pentathlon | 1978-79 | |
| Stephanie Hancock (Qld) | 9 Mar 1982 | 18 | Javelin Throw | 1999-00 | |
| Wendy Hayes (Vic) | 21 May 1938 | 18 | 100 yards | 1955-56 | |
| Jodie Hebbard (Nykvist) (Qld) | 14 Jul 1966 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1983-84 | |
| Jane Keen (Adams) (NSW) | 12 Jul 1948 | 18 | Discus Throw | 1965-66 | |
| Jennifer 'Jenny' Lamy (NSW) | 28 Feb 1949 | 18 | 200 metres | 1966-67 | |
| Torrie Lewis (Qld) | 8 Jan 2005 | 18 | 100 metres | 2022-23 | |
| Torrie Lewis (Qld) | 8 Jan 2005 | 18 | 200 metres | 2022-23 | |
| Tianah List (Qld) | 22 Dec 1998 | 18 | Javelin Throw | 2015-16 | |
| Valerie 'Val' Melville (Lawrence) (WA) | 5 Aug 1936 | 18 | Shot Put | 1953-54 | |
| Jacquie Munro (NSW) | 4 Oct 1981 | 18 | 100 metres Hurdles | 1998-99 | |
| Jennifer 'Jenny' Orr (Vic) | 21 Jan 1953 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1970-71 | |
| Eleanor Patterson (Vic) | 22 May 1996 | 18 | High Jump | 2013-14 | |
| Cheryl Peasley (NSW) | 5 Jan 1951 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1968-69 | |
| Cheryl Peasley (NSW) | 5 Jan 1951 | 18 | 800 metres | 1968-69 | |
| Margaret Pettit (Reddish) (WA) | 4 Jul 1963 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1980-81 | |
| Susie Power (Vic) | 26 Mar 1975 | 18 | 1 mile Invitation | 1992-93 | |
| Susie Power (Vic) | 26 Mar 1975 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1992-93 | |
| Petrina Price (NSW) | 26 Apr 1984 | 18 | High Jump | 2001-02 | |
| Petra Rivers (Vic) | 11 Dec 1952 | 18 | Javelin Throw | 1969-70 | |
| Deborah 'Debbie' Sosimenko (NSW) | 5 Apr 1974 | 18 | Hammer Throw | 1991-92 | |
| Christine 'Chris' Stanton (Annison) (WA) | 12 Dec 1959 | 18 | High Jump | 1976-77 | |
| Dani Stevens (Samuels) (NSW) | 26 May 1988 | 18 | Discus Throw | 2005-06 | |
| Dani Stevens (Samuels) (NSW) | 26 May 1988 | 18 | Shot Put | 2005-06 | |
| Olivia Tauro (NSW) | 11 Jun 1990 | 18 | 200 metres | 2007-08 | |
| Chloe Tighe (NSW) | 28 Sep 1990 | 18 | 3,000 metres | 2007-08 | |
| Suzanne 'Suzy' Walsham (NSW) | 22 Nov 1973 | 18 | 1500 metres | 1990-91 | |
| Ellie Beer (Qld) | 3 Jan 2003 | 19 | 400 metres | 2021-22 | |
| Joyce Bennett (WA) | 11 May 1945 | 19 | 220 yards | 1963-64 | |
| Joyce Bennett (WA) | 11 May 1945 | 19 | 100 yards | 1963-64 | |
| Lauren Boden (Wells) (ACT) | 3 Aug 1988 | 19 | 400 metres Hurdles | 2006-07 | |
| Raelene Boyle (Vic) | 24 Jun 1951 | 19 | 100 metres | 1969-70 | |
| Raelene Boyle (Vic) | 24 Jun 1951 | 19 | 200 metres | 1969-70 | |
| Melissa Breen (ACT) | 17 Sep 1990 | 19 | 200 metres | 2008-09 | |
| Monica Brennan (Vic) | 22 Jan 1994 | 19 | 200 metres | 2012-13 | |
| Michele Brown (Mason) (NSW) | 3 Jul 1939 | 19 | High Jump | 1957-58 | |
| Maureen Caird (NSW) | 29 Sep 1951 | 19 | 100 metres Hurdles | 1969-70 | |
| Maureen Caird (NSW) | 29 Sep 1951 | 19 | 200 metres Hurdles | 1969-70 | |
| Judith Canty (NSW) | 5 Oct 1931 | 19 | Long Jump | 1949-50 | |
| Nicole Carkeek (Vic) | 28 Mar 1971 | 19 | Shot Put | 1989-90 | |
| Susan Cook (Orr) (Vic) | 23 Apr 1958 | 19 | 3,000 metres Walk | 1976-77 | |
| Nicole Gale (NSW) | 7 Apr 1977 | 19 | 100 metres Hurdles | 1995-96 | |
| Penny Gray (Tas) | 12 Oct 1958 | 19 | 800 metres | 1976-77 | |
| Melissa Harris (NSW) | 6 Jan 1977 | 19 | Pole Vault | 1995-96 | |
| Katie Hayward (Qld) | 23 Jul 2000 | 19 | 10,000 metres Walk | 2018-19 | |
| Claudia Hollingsworth (Vic) | 12 Apr 2005 | 19 | 800 metres | 2023-24 | |
| Andrea Hughes (Tas) | 12 Dec 1973 | 19 | High Jump | 1991-92 | |
| Lynette 'Lyn' Jacenko (Tillett) (NSW) | 15 Aug 1953 | 19 | Long Jump | 1971-72 | |
| Lynette 'Lyn' Jacenko (Tillett) (NSW) | 15 Aug 1953 | 19 | Pentathlon | 1971-72 | |
| Lois Jackman (WA) | 4 Dec 1937 | 19 | Discus Throw | 1955-56 | |
| Betty Judge (Beazley) (WA) | 21 Mar 1921 | 19 | 880 yards | 1939-40 | |
| Peta Kennedy (Vic) | 20 May 1971 | 19 | Long Jump | 1989-90 | |
| Linda Leverton (Allen) (Qld) | 22 Mar 1987 | 19 | Triple Jump | 2005-06 | |
| Torrie Lewis (Qld) | 8 Jan 2005 | 19 | 200 metres | 2023-24 | |
| Pamela 'Pam' Matthews (Vic) | 8 Feb 1958 | 19 | Javelin Throw | 1976-77 | |
| Katrina Miroshnichenko (Qld) | 12 Jan 1986 | 19 | Pole Vault | 2004-05 | |
| Katrina Morrow (Gibbs) (NSW) | 7 Apr 1959 | 19 | High Jump | 1977-78 | |
| Celeste Mucci (Vic) | 11 Aug 1999 | 19 | Heptathlon | 2017-18 | |
| Marjorie Nelson (Jackson) (NSW) | 13 Sep 1931 | 19 | 100 yards | 1949-50 | |
| Marjorie Nelson (Jackson) (NSW) | 13 Sep 1931 | 19 | 220 yards | 1949-50 | |
| Bendere Oboya (NSW) | 17 Apr 2000 | 19 | 400 metres | 2018-19 | |
| Jennifer 'Jenny' Orr (Vic) | 21 Jan 1953 | 19 | 1500 metres | 1971-72 | |
| Eleanor Patterson (Vic) | 22 May 1996 | 19 | High Jump | 2014-15 | |
| Sally Pearson (McLellan) (Qld) | 19 Sep 1986 | 19 | 100 metres | 2004-05 | |
| Sally Pearson (McLellan) (Qld) | 19 Sep 1986 | 19 | 100 metres Hurdles | 2004-05 | |
| Cheryl Peasley (NSW) | 5 Jan 1951 | 19 | 800 metres | 1969-70 | |
| Sally Pierson (Vic) | 10 Mar 1963 | 19 | 5,000 metres Walk | 1981-82 | |
| Petrina Price (NSW) | 26 Apr 1984 | 19 | High Jump | 2002-03 | |
| Jana Rawlinson (Pittman) (NSW) | 9 Nov 1982 | 19 | 400 metres Hurdles | 2000-01 | |
| Petra Rivers (Vic) | 11 Dec 1952 | 19 | Javelin Throw | 1970-71 | |
| Melissa Rollison (Qld) | 13 Apr 1983 | 19 | 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 2001-02 | |
| Margaret Satupai (Vic/SAM) | 9 Jul 1992 | 19 | Shot Put | 2010-11 | |
| Bernadette Serone (NSW) | 11 Oct 1968 | 19 | Hammer Throw | 1986-87 | |
| Lynette Smith (WA) | 30 Aug 1968 | 19 | Triple Jump | 1986-87 | |
| Deborah 'Debbie' Sosimenko (NSW) | 5 Apr 1974 | 19 | Hammer Throw | 1992-93 | |
| Dani Stevens (Samuels) (NSW) | 26 May 1988 | 19 | Shot Put | 2006-07 | |
| Dani Stevens (Samuels) (NSW) | 26 May 1988 | 19 | Discus Throw | 2006-07 | |
| Lyvante Su'emai (Qld) | 12 Dec 2002 | 19 | Shot Put | 2020-21 | |
| Jennifer 'Jenny' Symon (SA) | 7 Dec 1953 | 19 | Javelin Throw | 1971-72 | |
| Gwen Wallace (NSW) | 10 Aug 1935 | 19 | 80 metres Hurdles | 1953-54 | |
| Janne Ware (Tas) | 29 Nov 1970 | 19 | Javelin Throw | 1988-89 | |
| Rosslyn Williams (NSW) | 9 May 1943 | 19 | Discus Throw | 1961-62 | |
| Dixie Willis (WA) | 13 Nov 1941 | 19 | 440 yards | 1959-60 | |
| Dixie Willis (WA) | 13 Nov 1941 | 19 | 880 yards | 1959-60 |
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