Josh Ross (Bundjalung)

Event

• Sprinter

Achievements

• Won Stawell Gift twice, first Australian to win off scratch
• National Champion (100m and 200m) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
• Olympian - 2004, 2012 
• 4 x World Championships
• 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Third Fastest Man in Australia (10.08 seconds)

Biography

While Patrick Johnson can claim to be Australia’s fastest sprinter, Joshua Ross wasn’t far behind. Representing Australia at the 2004 and 2012 Olympic Games, Ross’ dominance in Australia was impressive as a nine-time national champion across the 100m and 200m. His PB of 10.08 set in Brisbane is the fastest 100m time ever run by an Australian on home soil.

In 2003, Ross took out the prestigious Stawell Gift, taking home a cheque for $32,000 after winning off the 7-metre mark. Two years later, Ross created history becoming only one of three men to win the Stawell Gift again, and this time, off scratch – a feat only achieved twice in the century-old history of the race.

After deciding to retire from athletics in 2009, Ross proved he still had it when he returned to athletics to win his sixth national 100m title in 2012, and backed it up the following year, winning the 100m and 200m double at the Australian Championships in 2013.