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Collis Birmingham
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Date of Birth:
27.12.1984
Discipline:
Middle Distance
Occupation:
Student/Athlete
Height:
N/A
Weight:
N/A
State:
VIC
Coach:
Nic Bideau
Previous Coaches:
Rod Griffin
Scholarship:
VIS
Club:
Eureka Athletics Club
Place of Birth/Residence:
Melbourne, VIC
Marital Status
Single
Flame Team Number
5
Joined Flame Team On
N/A
Twitter Account
@cjbirmingham
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Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
1500 metres:
2005 – 7th, 2006 – 2nd, 2007 – 4th
3000 metres: 2008 – 3rd (2nd Australian)
5000 metres: 2006 – 3rd, 2007 – 7th (4th Australian), 2008 – 4th (2nd Australian), 2010 – 2nd
10,000 metres: 2008 – 1st, 2009 – 4th (3rd Australian), 2010 – 1st, 2011 – 7th (3rd Australian) (29:09.26)

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
World Cross Country Championships
: 2003 – 84th (junior race), 2007 [Mombasa, KEN] – 67th, 2008 [Edinburgh, SCO] – 74th, 2009 [Amman, JOR] – 29th, 2010 – 84th
World Cup/Continental Cup: 2010 [Split, CRO] – 5000m 6th (14:00.60)
Olympic Games: 2008 [Beijing, CHN] – 5000m 10th HT (13:44.90)
World Championships: 2009 [Berlin, GER] – 5000m 16th (13:55.58), 10,000m DNF, 2011 [Daegu, KOR] - 5000m Ht1 10th (13:47.88)
Commonwealth Games: 2010 [New Delhi, IND] – 5000m 6th (13:39.59), 10,000m 9th (29:35.65)

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS
1500 metres:
3:35.50 – Brussels (BEL), 27/08/2010
5000 metres: 13:10.97 – Eugene (USA), 3/07/2010
10,000 metres: 27:29.73 – Berkeley (USA), 24/04/2009


Honours

2 x national 10,000m champion (2008, 2010)


Interesting Facts

Collis made his first state cross country team in the Under 10 age group but his first state title was produced at Little Athletics, winning the Under 9 high jump with a height of 1.24m.

Collis moved to Melbourne after spending 13 years in Ballarat (regional Victoria) and has commenced a commerce degree at university.