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Deakes Nathan

Personal information

Date of birth   17-08-1977 Birthplace   Geelong (AUS) Nationality   Australia

Nathan Deakes: Australia's most successful race walker of all time
Elected as "The 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australia's most prestigious sporting award"
&
Former world record holder of the 50 km Race walk with an astonishing time of 3 h 35' 47" at an average speed of 13,903 km/h

International honors

Olympic Games

Olympic bronze medalist 20 km Race walk in Athens (Greece)

Podium Race walk 20 km Athens 2004

1. Ivano Brugnetti (I)                         1 h 19' 40"
2. Francisco Javier Fernández (E)   1 h 19' 45"
3. Nathan Deakes (AUS)                 1 h 20' 02"

World Championships 

World champion in the 50 km Race walk in Osaka (Japan)

Podium Race walk 50 km Osaka 2007 

1. Nathan Deakes (AUS)    3 h 43'' 53"
2. Yohann Diniz (F)              3 h 44' 22" 
3. Alex Schwazer (I)            3 h 44' 38"   

IAAF World Race Walking Cup

Bronze medalist on the World Race walking Cup in Naumburg (Germany)

Podium Race walk 20 km Naumburg 2004 

1. Jefferson Pérez (EC)          1 h 18'' 42"
2. Robert Korzeniowski (PL)   1 h 19' 02"
3. Nathan Deakes (AUS)       1 h 19' 11" 

Commonwealth Games

Bronze medalist at the men's 20 km Race walk

Podium Race walk 20 km Kuala Lumpur (MAL) 1998 

1. Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)   1 h 24' 59"   
2. Arturo Huerta (CDN)       1 h 25' 49" 
3. Nathan Deakes (AUS)   1 h 26' 06"  

2 x gold medalist at the men's 20 km Race walk         

Podium Race walk 20 km Manchester 2002 

1. Nathan Deakes (AUS)   1 h 25' 35"
2. Luke Adams (AUS)         1 h 26' 03" 
3. David Kimutai (EAK)       1 h 28' 20" 
 
Podium Race walk 20 km Melbourne 2006 

1. Nathan Deakes (AUS)   1 h 19' 55"
2. Luke Adams (AUS)         1 h 21' 38" 
3. Jared Tallent (AUS)        1 h 23' 32"  

2 x gold medalist at the men's 50 km Race walk                   

Podium Race walk 50 km Manchester 2002 

1. Nathan Deakes (AUS)   3 h 52' 40"
2. Craig Barrett (NZ)           3 h 56' 42"
3. Tim Berrett (CDN)          4 h 04' 25"   
 
Podium Race walk 50 km Melbourne 2006 

1. Nathan Deakes (AUS)          3 h 42' 53"
2. Tony Sargisson (NZ)              3 h 58' 05" 
3. Christopher Erickson (AUS)   3 h 58' 22"  

Medal record 

♦ Olympic Games                 1 x bronze   
♦ World Championships        1 x gold
♦ World Race Walking Cup   1 x gold
♦ Commonwealth Games     4 x gold / 1 x bronze
   total number of medals        8 

Merits

Holder of dual titles in Race walk 50 km

Holder of the dual titles of IAAF World champion & World record holder in the 50 km Race walk men in 2007

Barriers Race walking 

barrier_1: Race walk 20 km/ 1 h 20'

11 performances under 1 h 20' over 20 km ► best performance   1 h 17' 33"   15,474 km/h

barrier_2: Race walk 50 km/ 4 h  

11 performances under 4 hours over 50 km ► best performance   3 h 35' 47"   13,903 km/h  ex-WR

Best memories

My top three unforgettable memories in my career are in descending order:

♦ My victory in the 50 km World Championships in Osaka (Japan) 2007, awarded with the prestigious title of << World champion >> ;

♦ Setting an absolute world record in the 50 km Race walk at Geelong (AUS) in 2006: 
                                     50 km   3 h 35' 47"   13,903 km/h   
                      It was without doubt the greatest race in my career.

♦ My bronze medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in the men's 20 km Race walk. 

Personal bests

♦ 3000 m Race walk      11' 10"   2006   xxxxxx
♦ 5000 m Race walk      18' 45"   2006   Melbourne (AUS)

♦ 10000 m Race walk   38' 44"   15,491 km/h   2002   Canberra (AUS)
♦ 10 km Race walk       38' 09"   15,727 km/h   2001   Kraków (PL)   

♦ 20 km Race walk road   1 h 17' 33"   15,474 km/h   2005   Cixi (CHN)      
♦ 20 km    "         "  track   1 h 19' 48"   15,038 km/h   2001   Brisbane (AUS)

♦ 30 km Race walk road   2 h 05' 06"   xx,xxx km/h   2006   Hobart (AUS)

♦ 50 km Race walk road   3 h 35' 47"   13,903 km/h   2006   Geelong (AUS)  

Palmares

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