Jana Pittman
Australian hurdler and bobsledder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jana Pittman (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian former athlete. During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and was part of Australia's winning 4 × 400 metres relay teams at both events.
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Full name | Jana Pittman |
Nationality | Australian |
Born | (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 41) Sydney, Australia |
Education | Western Sydney University (MBBS, grad. 2019) |
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (2014)[1] |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) (2014) |
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Children | 6 |
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Pittman is one of only ten athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Dani Samuels, David Storl and Faith Kipyegon) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Pittman also competed in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her the first Australian female athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.[2][3]