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Angie Blackburn (Monero Ngarigo and Yuin)

Event

  • Sprinter

Achievements

  • World Cup – 8th Place (4x400 Relay – 3:36.36)
  • 2008 Under 20 World Championships – 3rd Place (4x400m Relay – 3:34.23)
  • 2008 Under 20 World Championships – 6th Place (400m – 53.43 seconds)
  • 2019 Oceania Champions – Gold (4x400m Relay – 3:38.86)

Biography

Angie Blackburn is a Monero Ngarigo and Yuin women, originally from South East Gippsland in Victoria. Angie has represented Australia in the 400m at two World U/20 Junior Championships and more recently in the Mixed 4x400m at the IAAF World Relays in Yokohama, Japan.

Angie is currently working on international environmental policy at the Department of Environment and Energy. She balances this with training at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Angie has been a mentor as a part of the Raise the Bar Academy. With her besting her personal best in the 400m and other distances in 2019 with an impressive time of 52.71 seconds, we look forward to seeing what Angie can achieve over these next years.

Credit: Athletics ACT