Sam Baines (born 8 February 1991 in Melbourne) is an Australian track and field athlete, specialising in the 110 m Hurdles.
Biography
Baines was born in Melbourne. He holds the Australian U/18 Record for the 110m Hurdles and also holds the Commonwealth Youth Record. He is coached by James Karageorgiou and competes for the Old Melburnians Athletics Club.[1]
2008
At the III Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India he placed 1st in a Commonwealth Youth record time of 13.77s.
He was ranked number 1 in the world for U/18 110m Hurdles.
2010
He competed at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed 4th in the Final.[2]
| Event | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | Melbourne | 10.75 |
| 110mH(91 cm) | Canberra | 13.28 |
| 110mH(99 cm) | Brisbane | 13.53 |
| 110mH(106 cm) | Brisbane | 13.54 |
| 400m | Canberra | 48.87 |
References
- ↑ "Baines bags new national record en route to world junior titles". Athletics Australia. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ "RT Interviews: Sam Baines". The Runners Tribe. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
External links
- Sam Baines at World Athletics
- Sam Baines at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Sam Baines at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Sam Baines at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Sam Baines at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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