Georgia Winkcup
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSteeplechase
Medal record
Summer World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2021 Chengdu3000 m steeplechase

Georgia Winkcup (born 9 May 1997) is an Australian athlete.[1] She represented Australia in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] Winkcup ran 13th in her Women's 3000m steeplechase heat but failed to qualify for the final.[3]

Early years

Georgia Winkcup started athletics in the under 8's at the Cherrybrook Little Athletics, encouraged by her grandmother Betty Moore, a former world record holding athlete. Initially a distance runner, she started steeplechasing under her then coach Ross Forster. She won the Australian All Schools U18 2000m steeple. In 2016 she was a finalist in the 3000m steeple at the World Junior Championships.

Winkcup then studied Arts/Law and worked part-time as a paralegal.[4]

Achievements

In 2016, Winkcup finished in 15th place in the final of the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[5]

She then competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[6]

In June, 2021 Winkcup resumed racing and in Queensland ran 9:57 and then clocked 9:39.27. Back in Sydney she ran two more races clocking 9:40.25 and 9:46.03 in wet conditions and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia Winkcup". IAAF. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Winkcup". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Athletics WINKCUP Georgia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Georgia Winkcup". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Women's 3000 metres steeplechase" (PDF). 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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