Calab Law
{{Short description|Australian athlete (born 2003)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Calab Law
| birth_name = Caleb Law
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| nationality = Australian
| sport = Track and Field
| event = 200 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|12|31|df=yes}}
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| pb = 100m: 10.26 (Brisbane, 2023)
200m: 20.42 (Cali, 2022)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition | Pacific Games}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Honiara | 100 metres}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Honiara | 200 metres}}
{{Medal|Competition|Oceania Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Suva|200 m}}
{{Medal|Competition | World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Cali | 200 metres}}
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Calab Law (born 31 December 2003) is an Australian sprinter. In 2024, he became Australian national champion over 200 metres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/theres-no-place-like-home-hull-ready-for-world-final-on-home-track/|title=There's no place like home: Hull ready for world final on home track|date=18 July 2022}}
Career
Law was selected for the Australian team for the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres and in doing so became the fifth youngest mail ever selected for the championships. At the event he ran a knew personal best of 20.50 s to progress into the semi-finals to become the first Australian teenager ever to qualify four a World or Olympic semi-final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/olympic-athlete-profiles/calablaw/|title=Calab Law|website=athletics.com.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beinsports.com/au/2022-world-athletics-championships/video/rising-aussie-sprint-star-calab-law-breaks-pb/1918362|title=Rising Aussie sprint star Calab Law breaks PB|website=beIN SPORTS Australia}} The following month, he ran a new personal best of 20.42 s in a semi-final of the 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. He finished third in the final in 20.48 s to obtain a bronze medal.{{cite web|url= https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/law-wins-bronze-at-the-2022-world-athletics-under-20-championships/|website=Runners Tribe|accessdate=14 April 2024|title= Law Wins Bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Under 20 Championships|date=5 August 2022}}
In November 2023, he won gold at the 2023 Pacific Games over 100m and 200m in Honiara.{{cite web |accessdate=14 April 2024 |date=December 1, 2023 |first=Andrew |last=Mathieson |title=Gold rush as Wakka Wakka man Law runs riot at Pacific Games |url=https://nit.com.au/01-12-2023/8883/gold-rush-as-wakka-wakka-mans-law-runs-riot-at-pacific-games |website=Nit.com}}
In April 2024, he won the Australian Athletics Championships title over 200 metres, winning in Adelaide in 20.54 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/news/hollingsworth-wins-hottest-race-of-year-mitrevski-leaps-to-paris/|title=Hollingsworth wins hottest race of the year, Mitrevski leaps to Paris|website=athletics.com.au|accessdate=14 April 2024|date=14 April 2024}} He ran as part of the Australian {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5397/men-4x100m-results-world-athletics-relays-championships-2024|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}} He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5847/men-s-200m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title= Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=8 August 2024}} He also competed in the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5861/men-s-4x100m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}
Personal life
He is an indigenous athlete and a member of the Wakka Wakka people.
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Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
Category:Indigenous Australian track and field athletes
Category:Australian male sprinters
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for Australia
Category:Pacific Games medalists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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