Delta Amidzovski
{{Short description|Australian athlete (born 2006)}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = multi-event
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|8|23|df=yes}}
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| pb = *60m: 7.69 (2021)
- 100m 11.97 (2023)
- 200m: 24.11 (2023)
- 100m hurdles: 13.31 (2024)
- High Jump: 1.78 (2020)
- Long Jump 6.58m (2024)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Lima|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Lima|100 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Youth Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Port of Spain|100 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Port of Spain|Long jump}}
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Delta Amidzovski (born August 23, 2006) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete. She won gold in the long jump at the 2024 World U20 Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/delta-amidzovski-14815546|title=Delta Amidzovski|website=World Athletics|date=April 16, 2023|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}
Early life
Career
Amidzovski was selected to compete for Australia in the 100m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships, held in Cali, Colombia in August 2022. At the age of 15 years-old, she was the youngest member of the team.{{cite web|accessdate=25 October 2023|website=nswathletics|url=https://www.nswathletics.org.au/news/world-u20-team-profile-delta-amidzovski-erin-shaw-and/|title= WORLD U20 TEAM PROFILE: DELTA AMIDZOVSKI, ERIN SHAW AND NICOLA HOGG|date=13 July 2022}} On April 16, 2023 Amidzovski broke the Australian national under-18 100m hurdles record which had been held by Sally Pearson, running 12.03 seconds at the national junior athletics championships.{{Cite web|website=Sydney Morning Herald|first=Michael|last=Gleeson|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/two-teens-the-talk-of-athletics-after-record-breaking-performances-at-junior-titles-20230416-p5d0ss.html|title= Teens star as 200m sprint, Sally Pearson’s hurdles records fall|date=April 16, 2023|accessdate=April 16, 2023}} Earlier that weekend Amidzovski also won gold in the under-18 women's long jump.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/mind-blowing-queensland-teenager-gout-gout-shatters-national-record-in-blistering-sprint/news-story/a44bcecdaf597afb127a49922edb0142|title= ‘Mind blowing’: Queensland teenager shatters Australian record as Sally Pearson’s 20-year feat toppled|website=foxsports.com.au|date=April 16, 2023|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/delta-amidzovski-breaks-sally-pearson-hurdles-record/102229596|website=abc.net.au|title= Teen hurdler Delta Amidzovski breaks 'idol' Sally Pearson's 20-year-old Australian record|date=April 16, 2023|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}
In August 2023, Amidzovski won the 100m hurdles at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/news/amidzovski-among-winners-as-gold-delivered-at-comm-youth-games/|title= HURDLES SENSATION AMIDZOVSKI AMONG WINNERS AS GOLD DELIVERED AT COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES|date=10 August 2023|accessdate=16 January 2024|website=Athletics.com.au}}
In April 2024, she set a new senior 110m hurdles personal best, and championship record time, of 13.31 seconds to win the Australian U20 national title in Adelaide at the Australian Athletics Championships. https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/results?id=24438&meId=153917#title-anchor{{cite web|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/denny-delights-with-australian-record-sultana-crowned-sprint-/|website=Athletics.com.au|date=13 April 2024|title= DENNY DELIGHTS WITH AUSTRALIAN RECORD, SULTANA CROWNED SPRINT KING|accessdate=13 April 2024}}
In 2024, she was named in the Australian team for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, where she won gold in the long jump on 28 August 2024, with a personal best jump of 6.58 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/news/australia-team-world-u20-championships-lima-24|date=24 May 2024|title= Australia names team of 68 for World U20 Championships Lima 24|website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 May 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8746430/|website=illawarramercury|accessdate=29 August 2024|title= Athletics Wollongong's own golden girl Delta is now an U20 WORLD champion|date=29 August 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-two-afternoon-lima-24-reid-walaza-koscak-han-amidzovski|website=World Athletics|date=29 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|title= Reid and Walaza win world U20 100m titles in Lima}} She also competed in the 100m hurdles at the Championships, winning bronze.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-three-afternoon-lima-24-track-almayew-manuel-okon-halvorsen|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Almayew sets steeplechase championship record to win world U20 title in Lima|date=30 August 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-four-afternoon-lima-24-track-walaza-hodge-moraa-hill|website=World Athletics|accessdate=31 August 2024|title= Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima|date=31 August 2024}}
She won both the Long Jump (6.25m, +0.6) and 60m Hurdles (8.12, +0.7) at the Australian short track national championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.{{cite web|website=Athletics.com.au|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/news/connolly-and-kennedy-dominate-inaugural-australian-short-track-championships/|date=1 February 2025|title= CONNOLLY AND KENNEDY DOMINATE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIAN SHORT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS |accessdate=12 February 2025}} She finished third in the 100m hurdles at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth on 13 April 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217088?eventId=10229522&gender=W |website=World Athletics|date=13 April 2025|title=Australian Championships|accessdate=13 April 2025}} At the same championships, she was runner-up in the long jump with 6.38 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217088?eventId=10229528&gender=W |website=World Athletics|date=13 April 2025|title=Australian Championships|accessdate=13 April 2025}} She was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.{{cite web|accessdate=16 May 2025|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/news/olympians-and-global-medallists-to-headline-largest-ever-australian-uniroos-athletics-team/|website=Athletics.com.au|title= OLYMPIANS AND GLOBAL MEDALLISTS TO HEADLINE LARGEST EVER AUSTRALIAN UNIROOS ATHLETICS TEAM|date=16 May 2025}}
References
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Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Athletes from New South Wales
Category:Australian female hurdlers