Torrie Lewis

Lewis was born in Nottingham, England to a father of Jamaican and Indian descent and a mother of Scottish descent.{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.com.au/world-champs-athlete-profiles/torrielewis/|accessdate=20 January 2024|title= Athletics Australia Profile – Torrie Lewis |website=Athletics Australia}} At the age of six she moved to Australia and was a promising gymnast in her early years in Newcastle, New South Wales, before turning her full attention to the track.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/20/torrie-lewis-australian-athlete-paris-olympics-100m-200m-sprint|website=The Guardian|accessdate=19 April 2024|title= Torrie Lewis: 'If I can run 100m that fast, I can run a 200 way faster'|first=Mike|last=Hytner|date=19 April 2024}} She later moved to Brisbane, Queensland where she attended St Peters Lutheran College.{{cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/sport/torrie-lewis-has-beaten-australias-no1-sprinter-riley-day-and-equalled-under-18-record-of-sally-pearson/news-story/24887459bc9a85f577874a1290bc0b8f|accessdate=16 August 2023|title= Torrie Lewis has beaten Australia's No.1 sprinter Riley Day and equalled under 18 record of Sally Pearson|first=Andrew|last=Dawson| date=21 November 2020|website=Courier Mail}}

Lewis ran 11.33 seconds for the 100m aged 16 years-old which placed her as the third fastest U18 women in the world, behind only Tina Clayton of Jamaica and American Shawnti Jackson.

In April 2023, aged 18 years, she won the 100m and 200m sprint double at the Australian national athletics championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-02/athletics-torrie-lewis-wins-sprint-double-at-national-titles/102177696|website=abc.net|accessdate=16 August 2023|title= Teenager Torrie Lewis claims sprint double at national track and field championships|date=2 April 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://wwos.nine.com.au/videos/australian-track-and-field-championships-2023-torrie-lewis-wins-100-metre-gold-medal/cllbc7f87000c0jlhktgnm1x2|website=nine.com|accessdate=16 August 2023|title= Aussie teen phenom storms to national title}}

On 27 January 2024, Lewis ran 11.10 (+1.6) in Canberra to become both (i) the Australian under-20 women's 100 metres record holder, surpassing Raelene Boyle's longstanding under-20 record of 11.20 set at altitude at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, and (ii) the Australian Women's open 100 metres record holder, passing Melissa Breen's previous mark of 11.11 set in 2014, also in Canberra.{{cite web |title=Sprinter Torrie Lewis breaks Australian 100m record |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8500643/sprinter-torrie-lewis-breaks-australian-100m-record/ |website=Canberra Times |date=27 January 2024 |access-date=27 January 2024 |ref=6}} Lewis's 11.10 places her 25th on the world top all-time under-20 athlete list.100 metres#Top 25 junior (under-20) women{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}

In April 2024, Lewis lowered her personal best for the 200 metres to 22.94 seconds in a heat at the Australian National championships in Adelaide where she went on to win gold ahead of Mia Gross.{{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}}{{cite web|url= https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/results?id=24438&meId=153998#title-anchor |website=Rosterathletics.com|accessdate=14 April 2024|title=Womens 200m result|date=14 April 2024}} She did not defend her 100m national title to focus on the 200m ahead of the Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://wwos.nine.com.au/olympics/australian-athletics-championships-2024-torrie-lewis-nic-bideau-exclusive/1bd79c1f-37ed-4cc3-b491-0f0e51c388fa|website=Nine.com|accessdate=14 April 2024|title= EXCLUSIVE: Why Aussie 100m record holder Torrie Lewis opted out of event at national titles, resulting in confusion and disappointment|first=Zachary|last=Gates}} Lewis made her Diamond League debut in the 200m at the first meet of 2024 in Xiamen, China, with a spectacular, unexpected win from lane 9 over Sha'carri Richardson and other outstanding athletes.https://xiamen.diamondleague.com/program-results/program-2024/#baseFrame#__athDisciplineRoot#DisciplineInit#Xiamen_2024_TIMING_ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json##main-frame_content#__athRun#RunSubFrame#Xiamen_2024_TIMING_ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_json She ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist |accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Women 4x100m Results – World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}}

Lewis represented Australia in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 200m, achieving a then PB of 22.89 in the heats and reaching the semi-finals.,{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5837/women-s-200m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=6 August 2024}} and she also competed in the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5860/women-s-4x100m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}} She won silver in the 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, running a personal best 22.88 seconds.{{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}}

Lewis, along with Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards and Ella Connolly, was part of an Australian {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team that broke the Oceania and thus national records three times in 2024, starting with a time of 42.94 seconds at the Sydney Track Classic in March 2024;{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-23/sydney-track-classic-torrie-lewis-4-100m-record-broken/103624556|title= Torrie Lewis anchors 4x100m relay team to break 24-year-old record at Sydney Track Classic|website=abc.net|date=23 March 2024|accessdate=24 March 2024}} then 42.83 in early May in the heats of the 2024 World Relay Championships at the Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas;{{Cite web |title=OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-2 {{!}} 4x100 Metres Relay {{!}} Results {{!}} Bahamas 24 {{!}} World Athletics Relays |url=https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/olympic-qualifying-round-2/summary |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=worldathletics.org}} then, finally, at the London Diamond Leagues Athletics Meet where they ran 42.48 seconds.{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 100m Relay Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF?h=fkpWovwrXeDWWNCLVm58pNPy3ig=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024}}

Lewis opened her 2025 season on 29 January running 7.14s in the 60 metres final in the Belgrade Indoor Meeting to set a new Australian record for the event (indoor and outdoor).{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/belgrade-indoor-meeting-montler-visser-dosso?xnpe_tifc=OF1pOFY7bD_7bD4_hIU_4jpsafeWaeiWhFW9EMsrh9PLVdUZnkLvEkJLRfXcbdiArFeuhuoj4ue.hInd4F4.xdHT&utm_source=bloomreach&utm_campaign=Results%20%20Belgrade%20WIT&utm_medium=email|website=World Athletics|accessdate=31 January 2025|title= Montler topples Tentoglou in Belgrade|date=29 January 2025}} At her next indoor meet she ran 22.65 s to win her first short track 200m race, 0.01 s off Melinda Gainsford-Taylor's Australian and Oceanian area short track record (set when MGT won the Women's 200 metres at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships).{{cite web|url= https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8887809/torrie-lewis-goes-close-to-national-record-in-stunning-200m-race/|website=Newcastle Herald|accessdate=12 February 2025|title= Lewis stops clock 0.01 seconds outside a 30-year-old track record|first=Josh|last=Callinan|date= February 9, 2025}} She was selected for the 60 metres and 4x400 relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/world-champions-and-emerging-sprinters-named-on-australian-team-for-world-athletics-indoor-championships/|title= WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=12 March 2025|accessdate=12 March 2025|website=Athletics.com.au}} She only competed in the 60m, making the semi-final stage.

She won the 100 metres title at the Australian Athletics Championships on 12 April 2025, running 11.24 seconds to beat teenager Leah O'Brien and Bree Rizzo on the line in a three-way photo finish.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/12/australian-athletics-championships-torrie-lewis-rohan-browning-lachie-kennedy|website=The Guardian|accessdate=12 April 2025|title= Torrie Lewis and Rohan Browning edge out rising stars in dramatic 100m finals|first=Jack|last=Snape|date=12 April 2025}}

Lewis has celiac disease.{{cite web|url=https://www.nine.com.au/sport/athletics/world-championships-budapest-2023-australian-sprinting-young-gun-torrie-lewis-unlikely-mentor-brooke-buschkuehl-exclusive-20230815-p5j6lc.html|website=nine.com|title= EXCLUSIVE: Disease linking Aussie sprinting young gun with unlikely mentor on cusp of world championships|first=Zachary|last=Gates|date=15 August 2023|accessdate=16 August 2023}}

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