Reece Holder

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| nationality = Australian/Trinidadian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

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| pb = 400m: 44.53 (Paris, 2024)|

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Reece Holder (born 20 August 2002) is an Australian sprinter.{{cite web|title=Reece Holder|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/reece-holder-14820122|accessdate=23 July 2024}}

Career

From Wellington Point, Queensland, he is a member of Thompson Estate Athletics Club. At the age of 15 years-old, Holder won the national under-17 400 metres title.{{cite web|title= Track Star Who Trained in Carina Secures Olympic Qualifier in World-Class Performance|date=15 July 2024|accessdate=23 July 2024|url= https://carindalenews.com.au/index.php/track-star-who-trained-in-carina-secures-olympic-qualifier-in-world-class-performance/}}

He ran a 400 metres personal best of 44.79 in Chengdu in August 2023, to win a silver medal at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games.{{cite web|title= Championship and national records fall at World University Games|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-university-games-chengdu-2023|date=6 August 2023|accessdate=23 July 2024|website=World Athletics}} This time placed him into the top-5 all time Australian 400m runners.{{cite web|url=https://runnerstribe.com/latest-news/reece-holder-runs-44-79-400m-knocks-batman-out-of-top-10-australian-list/|website=Runners Tribe|accessdate=23 July 2024|title= Reece Holder Runs 44.79 400m, Knocks Batman Out of Top-10 Australian List|date=August 4, 2023}}

He was selected for the Australian team to run the individual 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/australia-take-second-largest-ever-team-to-paris-olympics-1039989310/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 July 2024|date=8 July 2024|title= Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics|first=Tim|last=Adams}} There, in the qualification heat of the 400 metres event he ran a personal best time of 44.53. In his semifinal finished fifth.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5841/men-s-400m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |date=7 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}

Personal life

Holder was born in England before moving to Queensland Australia during primary school. He graduated from Wellington Point State High School in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. He attended Queensland University of Technology. His father is from Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1145144/unisport-australia-annual-awards-2023|website=Inside the Games|accessdate=23 July 2024|title= Unisport Australia awards: Cara Feain-Ryan and Reece Holder claim top prizes}}{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/news/reece-lightning-australian-burning-up-the-quarter-mile/|website=Athletics.com.au|accessdate=23 July 2024|title= REECE LIGHTNING - AUSTRALIAN BURNING UP THE QUARTER MILE|date=13 September 2023}}

References

Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent

Category:Australian male sprinters

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Athletes from Queensland

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Australia

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen