Hana Basic
{{Short description|Australian sprinter (born 1996)}}
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| nationality = Australian
| sport = Track and field
| event = Sprint
| club = Collingwood Harriers Athletics Club
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |title=Hana Basic |website=olympics.com.au |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717131920/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |url-status=live}}
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| coach = John Nicolosi
| pb = 100 m: 11.16 (2021)
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Hana Basic (born 22 January 1996) is an Australian sprinter who competes in the 100 metres.{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/hana-basic-14411273 |title=Hana BASIC | Profile |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182432/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/hana-basic-14411273 |url-status=live}} Basic was selected to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 m event.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |title=AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717131920/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |url-status=live}}
She studied for a Bachelor of Health and Physical Education at Deakin University.{{cite web |title=Get ready to cheer on Team Deakin at the 2020 Tokyo Games! |url=https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/deakinlife/2021/07/15/get-ready-to-cheer-on-team-deakin-at-the-2020-tokyo-games/ |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=Deakin Life |date=13 July 2021 |publisher=Deakin University |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717123842/https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/deakinlife/2021/07/15/get-ready-to-cheer-on-team-deakin-at-the-2020-tokyo-games/ |url-status=live}}
Early years
Basic was born in Melbourne, Australia to father Armin from Banja Luka who ran a café and mother Zana, a lawyer from Mostar. The Basic family fled to Australia just three years before she was born at the start of the Bosnian War. She has an older sister. Bosnian was her first language, as she only learned English in primary school.
Basic started playing sport as a gymnast when she was in pre-school. When she was 9 years old her primary school Physical Education teacher saw her athletics potential and encouraged her to go to Nunawading Little Athletics. Basic went to her first nationals in the Under-10s for high jump and long jump. By the age of 14, she was already running under 12 seconds for the 100m and winning national sprint titles. Basic decided to make running her priority.{{Cite web |title=Hana Basic |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |access-date=2021-09-09 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717131920/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/hana-basic/ |url-status=live}}
Athletics career
Basic earned a scholarship to Carey Grammar School and went to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Eugene, Oregon and ran a personal best of 11.64 seconds for the 100 metres that year. She changed her diet and training.{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/nothing-basic-about-rising-sprint-star-hana-s-road-to-the-top-20210413-p57it7.html |title=Nothing Basic about rising sprint star Hana's road to the top |first=Michael |last=Gleeson |date=16 April 2021 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181613/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/nothing-basic-about-rising-sprint-star-hana-s-road-to-the-top-20210413-p57it7.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2021/06/19/sprint-champion-hana-basic/162402480011900 |title=Sprint champion Hana Basic |first=Linda |last=Pearce |date=19 June 2021 |website=The Saturday Paper |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630062716/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2021/06/19/sprint-champion-hana-basic/162402480011900 |url-status=live}}
On 17 April 2021 she won the Australian National Championship 100 metres in a time of 11.23 seconds. Just prior to that at the Queensland Classic she had clocked a new personal best of 11.18 to become the fourth fastest woman in Australian history. She then improved her personal best to 11.16 in July 2021 at Meeting de la Gruyere in Bulle, Switzerland.{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/hana-basic-bull-by-the-horns/ |title=Hana Basic - 'Bull by the Horns' |website=athletics.com.au |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181225/https://www.athletics.com.au/news/hana-basic-bull-by-the-horns/ |url-status=live}}
She represented Australia in the 100 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she finished fifth in her heat running 11.32 seconds,[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-rnd1-000700-.htm Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 7 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730064257/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-rnd1-000700-.htm |date=30 July 2021 }}, Official Tokyo 2020 Results, Olympics.com{{Cite web |last=Gleeson |first=Michael |date=30 July 2021 |title=Could Flo-Jo's 100m world record from 1988 fall in Tokyo? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/could-flo-jo-s-100m-world-record-from-1988-fall-in-tokyo-20210730-p58egx.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730063739/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/could-flo-jo-s-100m-world-record-from-1988-fall-in-tokyo-20210730-p58egx.html |url-status=live}} so didn't advance to the semi-finals.{{Cite web |date=30 July 2021 |title=Why 'disappointed' Aussie Olympian can't wait for two weeks in hotel quarantine despite being eliminated |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/olympics/stunning-start-to-womens-100m-in-tokyo-c-3549125 |website=7 News |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808004841/https://7news.com.au/sport/olympics/stunning-start-to-womens-100m-in-tokyo-c-3549125 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Athletics - BASIC Hana |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1481467-basic-hana.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-09-09 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910035008/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1481467-basic-hana.htm}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{AOC profile|hana-basic}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|hana-basic}}
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Category:Australian female sprinters
Category:Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Category:People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Australia
Category:Olympic female sprinters