Collis Birmingham

Collis Birmingham
Collis Birmingham
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born 27 December 1984 (1984-12-27) (age 26)
Carlton, Australia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 5000 m

Collis Birmingham (born 12 December 1984) is an Australian long distance and cross-country runner. He participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 5000 metres event but failed to qualify for the final. He was an Australian and Oceanian 10,000 metres record holder from 2009 to 2011.

Personal bests

  • 800m: 1:52.5 (Melbourne 2004)
  • 1500m: 3:35.50 (Brussels 2010)
  • Mile: 3:54.30 (London 2009)
  • 3000m: 7:38.77 (Rieti 2010)
  • 5000m: 13:10.97 (Eugene 2010)
  • 10000m: 27:29.73AR (Berkeley 2009)

External links

v · d · eAustralian National Champions in Men's 5000 m
1930 – 1965: 3 miles  •  1966 – 2008: 5000 metres

 1930: George Hyde  •  1932: Alex Hillhouse  •  1934: Fred Colman  •  1936: Jack Sheaves  •  1937: Walter Weightman  •  1947: George Campbell  •  1948 – 1949: Neville McDonald  •  1950 – 1953: Les Perry  •  1954: Geoff Warren  •  1955: Dave Stephens  •  1956: John Landy  •  1957 – 1959: Albie Thomas  •  1960 – 1962: Dave Power  •  1963: Trevor Vincent  •  1964: Bill Baillie (NZL)  •  1965 – 1969: Ron Clarke  •  1970: Tony Manning  •  1971: Kerry O'Brien  •  1972: Tony Benson  •  1973: Tony Williams  •  1974: David Fitzsimons  •  1975: Andrew Hill  •  1976: Graham Crouch  •  1977 – 1979: David Fitzsimons  •  1980 – 1982: Steve Austin  •  1983 – 1984: Zephaniah Ncube (ZIM)  •  1985: Andrew Lloyd  •  1986: Malcolm Norwood  •  1987: Gerard Barrett  •  1988: Andrew Lloyd  •  1989: Phil Clode (NZL)  •  1990: Simon Doyle  •  1991: Rod Higgins  •  1992: Andrew Lloyd  •  1993: Peter O'Donoghue  •  1994: Julian Paynter  •  1995: Daniel Komen (KEN)  •  1996: David Kibet (KEN)  •  1997: Paul Bitok (KEN)  •  1998: Shaun Creighton  •  1999: Benjamin Maiyo (KEN)  •  2000: Michael Power  •  2001: James Getanda (KEN)  •  2002: Stephen Cherono (KEN)  •  2003: Daniel Komen (KEN)  •  2004 – 2008: Craig Mottram  •  2009: Collis Birmingham
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