Aidan Murphy (athlete)

{{Short description|Australian sprinter}}

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| nationality = Australian

| sport = Track and Field

| event = 200 metres

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|10|14|df=yes}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Oceania Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2024 Suva|200 m}}

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Aidan Murphy (born 14 October 2003) is an Australian sprinter.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/aidan-murphy-14815259|title=Aidan MURPHY | Profile|website=Worldathletics.org|access-date=19 July 2022}} Murphy is the son of former Australian athlete Tania Van Heer.{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/news/murphy-selected-in-squad-for-world-athletics-championships/#:~:text=Elite%20Athlete%20Aidan%20Murphy%20has,talented%20track%20and%20field%20athletes|title=Murphy selected in squad for World Athletics Championships|website=Adelaideunisport.com.au|access-date=19 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tania-van-heers-teenage-son-aidan-murphy-set-for-melbourne-track-classic-debut/news-story/8d39fd31a8a0d0ad3e2a622b3edc5117%3Famp|title=Tania van Heer's Teenage Son Aidan Murphy Set for Melbourne Track Classic Debut|website=Heraldsun.com.au|access-date=19 July 2022}} {{subscription required|date=July 2022}}

Murphy runs for the Saints Athletics Club in South Australia. He broke two National U20 Records and four State Records in 2022 and won both the Oceania and Australian Open Men's 200 metres titles.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124437/hobb-and-doran-sprint-success-oceania | title=Hobbs and Doran break sprint records at Oceania Athletics Championships | date=12 June 2022 }} Selected for the 2022 World Athletics Championships Murphy made his major event debut in the 200 meters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athleticssa.com.au/news/murphy-to-represent-australia-at-the-world-championships/|title=Aidan Murphy's World Championships debut|website=Athleticssa.com.au|access-date=19 July 2022}} He also competed in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4569/men-s-200m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=25 August 2023|date=24 August 2023|title= Men's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}}

He finished runner-up to Gout Gout in the 200 metres race at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, running a wind assisted lifetime best time of 20.40 seconds (+2.2).{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217088?eventId=10229605&gender=M |website=World Athletics|date=13 April 2025|title=Australian Championships|accessdate=13 April 2025}}