Jake Doran (athlete)
{{Short description|Australian sprinter}}
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| name = Jake Doran
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| nationality = {{AUS}}
| sport = Track and Field
| event = 100 metres, 200 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales
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| height = 185cm
| weight = 80kg
| pb = 10.15
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Jake Doran (born 18 July 2000) is an Australian athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2022 he became Australian national champion over 100 metres and represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/jake-doran-14731617|title=Jake Doran|website=World Athletics}}
Early life
From Townsville, Jake attended Townsville Grammar School. As a junior Doran broke the Australian junior 100m record with a 10.15 second run in Finland in July 2018 before representing Australia at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.{{Cite web|url=https://amp.triplem.com.au/story/townsville-sprinter-jake-doran-has-smashed-aussie-junior-100m-record-99661|title= Townsville Sprinter Jake Doran Has Smashed Aussie Junior 100m Record|website=Triplem.com.au|date= 7 April 2024}}
Career
Doran won gold in the 100m at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships having previously won the silver medal at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships in the same event. He also became national champion over 100 metres in 2022.{{Cite web|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/olympic-athlete-profiles/jakedoran/|title=Jake Doran|website=Athletics.com.au}}{{Cite web|url= https://7news.com.au/sport/athletics/emotional-doran-wins-australian-100m-title-c-6294822.|title= Emotional Doran wins Australian 100m title|website=7news.com.au}} Doran subsequently represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/aussie-champion-jake-doran-capitalises-as-inexplicable-rookie-error-ruins-fightback-c-7739298.|title= Aussie champion Jake Doran capitalises after rival's inexplicable 'rookie error' offers Comm Games lifeline|website=7news.com}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/rohan-browning-bows-out-in-opening-round-of-100m-20220716-p5b23i.html|title= Browning bows out in opening round of 100m|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date= 16 July 2022}} In 2023 Doran won the national 200m title at the Australian Athletics Championships and later competed at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the 100m.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
In January 2024, he set a new stadium record of 10.40 seconds for the 100 meters at the Cook Classic in Whanganui, beating the 24 year-old record of Gus Nketia.{{cite web|website=NZHerald|accessdate=29 January 2024|title= Athletics: Sam Tanner and Rebekah Aitkenhead triumph at Whanganui's Cooks Classic|first=
Mike|last=Tweed|date=27 January 2024|url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/athletics-sam-tanner-and-rebekah-aitkenhead-triumph-at-whanganuis-cooks-classic/LSWGGECTLFFORC3CGRYADZZC4M/}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|australia/jake-doran-14731617}}
- [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7338.htm Jake Doran] at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- {{Commonwealth Games Australia|jake-doran}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|53382}}
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Category:People from Townsville
Category:Australian male sprinters
Category:Sportsmen from Queensland
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia