Tamsyn Lewis




The Athlete

2008 - 800m Gold Medal, World Indoor Championship - Valencia, Spain

  • 3 x Commonwealth Games Gold medals 1998, 2002, 2006
  • 3 x Olympic Games 2000, 2004, 2008 – Fastest Australian 800m performance at an Olympics – 1.59.33 (Sydney-2000)
  • 4 x Commonwealth Games 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 – Fastest Australian 800m performance at a Commonwealth Games – 1.59.73 (Manchester-2002)
  • 4 x World Championships 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 – Fastest Australian 800m performance at a World Championships – 2.00.86 (Edmonton-2001)
  • 3 x World Indoors 1999, 2001, 2008 – Fastest Australian 800m performance at a World Indoors – 2.01.85 (Valencia-2008)
  • 1 x World Indoor Gold medal 2008
  • 1 x World Indoor Silver medal 1999
  • 9 x National 800m champion 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 
  • 4 x National 400m champion 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 
  • 3 x Australian records
  • Only Australian woman to break two minutes for 800m on more than 2 occasions (over 15 times)
 

Outdoor-
100m – 11.6 (hand time)
200m – 23.91
400m – 51.44
800m – 1.59.21
4 x 400m – 3.23.81 (Nova Peris, Tamsyn Lewis, Melinda Gainsford - Taylor and Catherine Freeman) AUSTRALIAN RECORD

Indoor-
800m – 2.02.57 GOLD, WORLD CHAMPION
800m – 2.01.85 AUSTRALIAN RECORD
4x400m – 3.26.87 AUSRALIAN RECORD