Nathan Deakes
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| Born | 17 August 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia |
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50km Race Walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nathan Deakes (born 17 August 1977 in Geelong) is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport.
By performances, Deakes is Australia's best and most successful ever race walker, winning several international medals and holding many Australian and World Records. He was the 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australia's most prestigious sporting award across all sports.
He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He won gold in the 20 km walk and 50 km walk events at both the 2002 Manchester Games and the 2006 Melbourne Games, becoming the first man to win both the 20 km and 50 km walks at two consecutive Commonwealth Games. He also won bronze medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games and the 1996 World Junior Championships. He was also among the leading duo at the Athens Olympics in the 50 km walk, until being disqualified. He won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka in the 50 km walk.
To cap off a successful 2007, Deakes was crowned 2007 Telstra Male Athlete of the Year for the second time (the first being in 2004).
He also broke the 50 km walk world record on 2 December 2006 at the Australian 50 km Road Walking Championships in Geelong, recording a time of 3:35.47. This bettered race walking great Robert Korzeniowski's previous world record of 3:36.03. He is also 4th all-time for the 20 km walk, 1:17.33, and 7th all-time for the 20,000m walk, 1:19.47.
Deakes also won the last edition of the Goodwill Games in Brisbane 2001. He beat a strong field consisting of the current Olympic Champion, Robert Korzeniowski, and the then current World Champion, Roman Rasskazov.
On 21 July 2008 Deakes announced that he would withdraw from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with a hamstring tendon injury that required surgery to repair.
His last competitive outing came at the 2012 London Olympics, where he finished 22nd in the 50 km walk. He retired from the sport officially in February 2013.[1]
Deakes has completed university academic qualifications with a double degree in Banking & Finance and Law (Honours) from the University of Canberra, and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University.
References
- ↑ Race walker Deakes announces retirement. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
External links
- Official website
- Nathan Deakes profile at IAAF
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| Preceded by | Men's 50 km walk world record holder 2 December 2006 – 11 May 2008 |
Succeeded by Denis Nizhegorodov |
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| Preceded by | Australian Athlete of the Year 2007 (with Anna Meares) |
Succeeded by Ken Wallace and Heath Francis |
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Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Australian racewalkers
- Male racewalkers
- Sportspeople from Geelong
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Australia
- University of Canberra alumni
- Australian National University alumni
