At What Age do Aussie Female 800m Runners Peak?

At What Age do Aussie Female 800m Runners Peak?

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In an attempt to assess the ideal age for female 800m runners, Runner’s Tribe took a look at the 30 fastest female 800m runners in Australian history. Their respective ages were compared.

To view our comparisons for international female 800m Runners. Click here

Facts

• Average Age: 24½  (note this is very close to our international comparison – Click Here)
• Median Age: 24 (note this is very close to our international comparison – Click Here)
• Youngest woman to make the top 25 list: Keely Small at 15 years of age.
• Oldest woman to make the top 25 list: Suzy Walsham at 32 years of age.

• Rank	Time	Athlete	D.O.B	Date of P.B	AGE at P.B
  1	1.59.0h	Charlene (Neighbour) Rendina	18/12/1947	28/02/1976	28
  2	1.59.21	Tamsyn Lewis	20/07/1978	15/01/2000	21
  3	1.59.73	Margaret (Leaney) Crowley	24/05/1967	13/07/1996	29
  4	1.59.92	Madeleine Pape	24/02/1984	16/02/2008	23
  5	1.59.93	Judy (Amoore) Pollock	25/06/1940	14/07/1976	26
  6	2.00.17	Sharon Stewart	17/08/1965	06/07/1991	25
  7	2.00.32	Susan Andrews	26/05/1971	03/09/2000	29
  8	2.00.50	Heather (Wright) Barralet	16/09/1954	14/03/1984	29
  9	2.00.56	Terri-Anne (Wangman) Cater	25/09/1956	05/09/1981	24
  10	2.00.57	Kaylene Coster	24/07/1961	14/03/1984	22
  11	2.00.68	Wendy (Oliver)-Old-Abbott	24/06/1960	01/04/1990	29
  12	2.00.80	Lisa (O’Connell) Lightfoot	03/12/1966	29/02/1996	29
  13	2.00.93	Zoe Buckman	21/12/1988	08/09/2013	24
  14	2.00.97	Michelle Baumgartner	27/05/1963	26/11/1989	26
  15	2.01.2h	Dixie Willis	13/12/1941	03/03/1962	20
  16	2.01.22	Kelly Hetherington	10/03/1989	14/04/2013	24
  17	2.01.26	Brittany McGowan	24/04/1991	29/03/2014	22
  18	2.01.27	Selma Kajan	30/07/1991	30/06/2016	24
  19	2.01.36	Bronwyn Fleming	06/07/1962	31/03/1985	22
  20	2.01.46	Keely Small	09/06/2001	11/03/2017	15
  21	2.01.49	Kerrie Baumgartner	12/10/1967	01/04/1990	22
  22	2.01.57	Gail (Millar) Luke	25/05/1963	26/11/1989	26
  23	2.01.59	Lisa Corrigan	02/12/1984	27/01/2007	22
  24	2.01.67	Lora Storey	19/10/1989	01/05/2016	26
  25	2.01.73	Georgie Clarke	17/06/1984	08/09/2000	16
  26	2.01.75	Katherine Katsanevakis	06/11/1988	23/05/2014	23
  27	2.01.78	Georgia Wassall	03/03/1996	15/03/2014	18
  28	2.01.85	Suzy Walsham	22/11/1973	05/02/2006	32
  29	2.02.05	Sandra Dawson	02/11/1970	29/02/1996	25
  30	2.02.07	Julie Schwass	16/11/1957	16/03/1986	28
  31	2.02.1h	Verna Burnard	19/08/1956	17/02/1979	22

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