Luke Adams (racewalker)

Luke Adams

Personal information

Born

22 October 1976 (age 47)
Dodoma, Tanzania

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in)

Weight

70 kg (150 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Medal record

Luke Kendall Adams (born 22 October 1976, in Mvumi, Dodoma, Tanzania) is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. His parents worked as medical missionaries.^[1] He is a three-time Olympian for Australia.^[2] On 23 June 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Australia
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	24th	10,000m	44:09.59
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	55th	20 km	1:30:11
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	29th	50 km	4:07:08
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	2nd	20 km	1:26:03
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	20 km	1:19:35
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	16th	20 km	1:23:52
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	14th	20 km	1:21:24
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	20 km	1:21:43
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	20 km	1:21:38
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	18th	20 km	1:22:11
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	20 km	1:23:52
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	6th	20 km	1:19:57
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	10th	50 km	3:47:45
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th	20 km	1:22:37
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	50 km	3:43:39
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	—	50 km	DNF
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	20 km	1:22:31
2011	World Championships	Daegu, Korea	5th	50 km	3:45:31
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	25th^[4]	50 km	3:53:41

^ "Luke Adams". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Luke ADAMS". Olympics.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Luke Adams". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "Men's 50 km Race Walk". 2012 Summer Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luke Adams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
Luke Adams at World Athletics

v t e Australians at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
	Melissa Breen John Steffensen Sean Wroe Joel Milburn Madeleine Pape Ryan Gregson Jeff Riseley
	Jeremy Roff Collis Birmingham David McNeill Sally McLellan Tristan Thomas Brendan Cole Tamsyn Lewis
	Youcef Abdi Donna MacFarlane Ben Offereins Luke Adams Adam Rutter Jared Tallent Claire Tallent
	Jess Rothwell Cheryl Webb Chris Erickson Martin Dent Andrew Letherby Mark Tucker Scott Westcott
	Lisa Jane Weightman Petrina Price Alwyn Jones Steve Hooker Fabrice Lapierre Mitchell Watt Kim Mickle
	Justin Anlezark Scott Martin Benn Harradine Dani Samuels

v t e Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
	Sean Wroe Jeff Riseley Ben St Lawrence Liam Gander Mitchell Watt John Steffensen Luke Adams
	Sally Pearson Laura Whaler Tamsyn Manou Hayley Butler Jared Tallent Ryan Gregson Collis Birmingham
	Craig Mottram Jeff Hunt Youcef Abdi Anthony Alozie Matt Davies Aaron Rouge-Serret Isaac Ntiamoah
	Ben Offereins Tristan Thomas Steven Solomon Nathan Deakes Fabrice Lapierre Henry Frayne Steve Hooker
	Benn Harradine Jarrod Bannister Kaila McKnight Eloise Wellings Lauren Boden Melissa Breen Charlotte van Veenendaal
	Caitlin Sargent Caitlin Willis-Pincott Anneliese Rubie Regan Lamble Claire Tallent Alana Boyd Dani Samuels
	Kim Mickle

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