Craig Mottram (born June 18, 1980) is an Australian long distance and long distance runner who specializes in 5000 m events.
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Initial years
Mottram was born on June 18, 1980 in Frankston, Victoria. He attended the Grammar Geelong School.
Career
At 6 feet 2 inches, the Mottram is very high for a long distance runner. He competed in his first Olympics only at the age of 20, at the 5000 meters event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: he did not escape the heat, but finished in 8th place with a respectable time of 13 minutes, 31.06 seconds. He fared better in the next Olympic competition: with four additional years of experience and athletic maturity, Mottram qualified for the final of the 5000 meter event and finished 8th with a time of 13: 25.70 in Athens.
In 2005, he set a course record to win Great Ireland Run in a third straight win in the competition. On 14 August 2005, he reached the career spotlight, coming third in a 5000 m event at the 2005 World Championships at Athletics in Helsinki, running the event in 13 minutes, 32.96 seconds. He is the only non-African runner who has received a medal in the show since 1987.
On March 9, 2006 in Melbourne, during his final warm-up before the Commonwealth Games in 2006, Mottram took ten seconds from a 12-year-old Australian record for 2,000 meters. This distance, not often run on IAAF events, is scheduled specifically to meet the preparation of Mottram's Games.
On March 20, 2006 at the Commonwealth Games, Mottram came second in the 5000m event with 12 minutes, 58.19 seconds, severely beaten by Kenyan Augustine Choge. The race was only the second time that the event was won in less than 13 minutes in the championship competition (the first was the World Athletics Championships 2003). Mottram also ran the 1500 m event in Melbourne on March 25, 2006, entering the competition as a favorite to win. After working into third position during the race, Mottram accidentally stumbled on the 800-meter mark when British athlete Andrew Baddeley fell behind him, cutting off Mottram's heels. Mottram lost 20 yards on the pitch because of the incident and finished in ninth position.
In June 2006, Mottram set Parkrun's record 5 km from 14 minutes at Bushy Park.
He is a supporter of English Premier League club Sunderland and ran in the Great North Run 2006, wearing a Sunderland uniform.
On December 21, 2006, Mottram set a record for Tan within 10:08:00. The Tan is the most iconic runway in Melbourne, located around the Royal Botanic Gardens. Mottram beat the previous best time of 10:12, also his own, during the Richmond Tigers Football Club trial.
In 2007, Mottram started the year with a high and dominant "Hope of Kenya" from Boniface Songkok in the Telstra A series in Melbourne. The race was conservative before Craig tore open field with a fast 7 lap before the final 400 m run was devastating in 53 seconds. At Prefontaine Classic In Eugene (Oregon), Craig ran the fastest 2 miles of all time at 8: 03.50 and left him like Alan Webb, Tariku Bekele, Matt Tegenkemp, Dathan Ritzenhein, and other American candidates. After a good start to the season, Craig suffered a hamstring injury. It affected his training for the World Championships, where he finished 11th.
2008 is the up and fall season for Mottram. He won the Melbourne Grand Prix 5000 m and the National Championship 5000 m and 3000 m. He then competed at the 2008 indoor Championships in Valencia, where he was placed in fifth place in the final. He then contested the Boston Indoor Grand Prix where he won 3000m and broke the record of the Haile Gebrselassie meeting. He achieved a performance after winning the Stockholm Grand Prix 3000 m and took 4th place in 1 Mile. He also ran 3: 57.90-mile finishing 2 to Bernard Lagat at the prestigious Millrose game in February 2008.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Mottram was placed 5th in the first 5000m heat in 13 minutes 44.39 seconds and did not advance to the final. After this disappointment, Mottram split from coach Nick Bideau, choosing to train himself.
Due to injury, he did not compete in the IAAF 2009 World Championships at Athletics in Berlin. That year, after nominating Nike for all of his professional career, Mottram signed a contract with Adidas. He also received a training offer from Australian long-distance trainer Chris Wardlaw, who has trained marathon runner Steve Moneghetti among others.
In late November 2009, Craig Mottram returned from a 12-month absence from racing, clocking 13 minutes and 23 seconds at the opening of the 5 km leg of Chiba's Fukata Rele in Japan. This performance puts the Australian team in first place, before they descend to 7. The 13:23 time is beyond the event record.
In the 2010 season he won Great Yorkshire Run in Sheffield, beating Chris Thompson's favorite home to the line just one second. He beat Chris Thompson again on September 18, 2010 by one second in close finish at the 2-mile Great North City Games event at 8.31. [3]
In August 2012, Craig Mottram competed at the London Olympics 5000m for Australia. He was the fastest Australian at the Olympics, with 13.40, but was unable to enter the final.
Maps Craig Mottram
Personal best time
- 1500 meters 3: 33.97 (Zurich, Switzerland, August 18, 2006)
- Mile 3: 48.98 (Oslo, Norway, July 29, 2005, Oceanic Record)
- 2000 meters 4: 50,76 (Melbourne, Australia, September 3, 2006, Oceanic Record)
- 3000 meters 7: 32,19 (Athens, Greece, September 17, 2006, Oceanic Record)
- 2 miles 8: 03.50 (Eugene, Oregon, October 6, 2007, Oceanic Record)
- 5000 meters 12: 55,76 (London, England, July 30, 2004, Oceanic Record)
- 10,000 meters 27: 34.48 (Stanford, United States, April 5, 2008)
- 10Ã, km (path) 27:54 (Manchester, England, May 23, 2004, Oceanic Record)
References
External links
- Craig Mottram's Profile at IAAF
- Australian Athletic Profile
- The Australian Broadcasting Corporation website for 2006 Commonwealth Games
- List of shows all the time in the event
- http://www.coolrunning.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=10887
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Tan-time-trial-puts-all-comers-to-the-test/2005/01/27/1106415731901.html
- Flotrack.com Video interview from Craig Mottram
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