Sean Wroe
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 18 March 1985||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m | ||||||||||
Club | Glenhuntly Athletics Club | ||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 45.07 (2009)[1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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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[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sean Wroe. |
- Sean Wroe at World Athletics
- Sean Wroe profile at IAAF
- Sean Wroe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1985 births
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- Australian male sprinters
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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- Athletes from Melbourne
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Australian people of Japanese descent
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- People educated at St Michael's Grammar School
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade gold medalists for Australia
- Universiade silver medalists for Australia
- Universiade bronze medalists for Australia
- Oceanian Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Australian athletics biography stubs