Sean Wroe

Sean Wroe

Wroe in 2009
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 39) Melbourne, Victoria
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m
Club	Glenhuntly Athletics Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best	45.07 (2009)[1]
Medal record Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2010 Cairns 400 m
Updated on 23 April 2013.

Sean Wroe (born 19 March 1985) is an Australian sprinter. He was born in Melbourne to a Japanese Australian mother and is a fluent Japanese speaker.^[2]

Wroe competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay. He placed 21st in the 400 m semifinal with a time of 45.56 seconds. His team placed sixth in the relay with a time of 3:00.02.^[3][4]

He was part of the team that won the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He anchored the team as they successfully defended their title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He won silver in the individual event in Delhi.

Major competitions record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	400m	46.84
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.95
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	21st (sf)	400 m	46.47
			1st (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.04
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	400 m	45.49
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.76
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	14th (sf)	400 m	45.25
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.59
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th	400 m	46.93
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	21st (sf)	400 m	45.56
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.76
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	15th (sf)	100 m	10.59
			16th (sf)	200 m	21.37
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.67
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (sf)	400 m	45.32
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.90
2010	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	1st	400 m	46.62 (CR)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	400 m	45.46
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.30
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	3rd	400 m	45.93
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.56

References

External links

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• Sean Wroe at Olympics.com
• Sean Wroe at Olympedia
• Sean Wroe at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Sean Wroe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Sean Wroe at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

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