Delta Amidzovski

Wollongong’s hurdler/long jumper Delta Amidzovski went from the youngest Australian member at the 2022 World U20 Championships to a dual medallist at the 2024 edition of the championships. The rise continues a year on in 2025, when Delta, aged just 19, makes her senior Australian debut at the Tokyo World Championships.

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Many athletes start their journey in track and field very young, but Delta started at just age 3, in Tiny Tots at Albion Park Little Athletics – “because I was a very energetic kid who was always running and climbing”.

At her first Little Athletics State Championships, in under-9s, she won the hurdles, and the following year both long jump and a second hurdle championship. Over the ensuring years she continued to compete very successfully in these two events, plus sprints and high jump.

Over the summer of 2020/21, now aged 14, Delta recorded some incredible PBs, 100m 12.11, long jump 6.25m and high jump 1.78m. In the sprint hurdles she was still competing over 90m.

At the start of the 2021/22 season, now just 15, it was looking like Delta would first wear the green and gold in the long jump or relay, as she was still competing in lower height hurdles and at 90m. But like many hurdlers she was starting to train over the specifications for the next age group.

“I had only just started on the 100m hurdles 76cm height and was running under the qualifying time at training sessions,” she recalled. ”I spoke to my coach/mum and believed that I could possibly get the qualifier for World U20s. My first race over the 84cm hurdles was in Canberra with a time of 14.50 seconds (Jan 16), my second race was 13.93 – my first time under the qualifying standard.”

Her third and fourth races were in the under-20 100m hurdles at 2022 Nationals where she won in another PB time of 13.78 seconds, securing automatic selection for the World U20 Championships. She then went on to also claim gold in the nationals under-17 100m hurdles, long jump and 4x100m relay.

In Cali Columbia at the World U20s, Delta was just 15 and the youngest member of the Australian team. She was well outside her PB in the hurdles clocking 14.47.

In 2023, Delta broke Sally Pearson’s Australia U18 100m hurdles (76cm) record clocking 13.02 and at the mid-year Commonwealth Youth Games in the Trinidad and Tobago she won gold in the long jump and hurdles. Her long jump was making good progress leaping 6.34m.

At the 2024 National junior championships Delta set PBs in winning her usual double – 100m hurdles (senior height) 13.31 and long jump 6.37m. At her second World Juniors in Lima, Delta was great through the hurdle rounds setting a PB of 13.22 ahead of claiming bronze in the final. She was locked in a thrilling long jump competition when she twice responded to the challenge of American Sophia Beckman. Early on Sophia hit 6.48m and Delta responded with 6.49m, then in round five, Sophia jumped 6.54m to seize the lead, but Delta was equal to the challenge taking gold with a leap of 6.58m.

The gold matched Lyn Jacenko’s 1977 long jump gold at the World Cup as the only Australian global gold in the event in junior or senior competition.

Transitioning to seniors in 2025, Delta compiled a strong year finishing on the podium in the hurdles and long jump at Nationals.  Mid-year at the World University Games in Germany she progressed to the semis in the hurdles and just missed a long jump medal placing 4th. She had leapt 6.57m and 6.50 in the long jump rounds. She is gathered sufficient World Athletics points in the long jump to qualify for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, where she will compete aged just 19 years and one month.

What does Delta enjoy about competing?

“For me I love that it’s the perfect mix of nerves and accomplishments. Competing is why any athlete trains and that’s when all the hard work and dedication put into training pays off.”

Other sports: representative touch football…Biggest challenge: coming back into the sport from major injury…Most influential person: My mum as she has been there from day one and always there to support and keep me on the right path…Advice to your young self: Don’t change who you are to meet other people’s expectations…Hobbies: Skateboarding, reading, the beach, hanging with family and friends…Education: University of Wollongong…Nickname: Dawn.

@10 Sept 2025 david.tarbotton@athletics.org.au