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, made her senior debut at the 2025 World University Games, followed by the World Championships in Tokyo. Her 2026 campaign so far has been brilliant. Delta has set two long jump PBs for a total improvement of 26cm, and leapt from #17 to #5 on the Australian all-time list with her new best mark of 6.84m. She was second at the Australian Championships and Oceania Championships to National record holder Brooke Bruschkuehl. In the 100m hurdles she also equalled, then broke her PB, now down to 13.16. She accepts the long jump is now her priority event, but said: “I still plan to compete in both long jump and the 100m hurdles whenever competition timetables allow for the double.” In June Delta was selected in the long jump for the Commonwealth Games, where she will still be a teenager.

She reflected on the last year:” The last 12 months have been incredibly exciting and rewarding. Moving into senior competition has been a big step, and being selected for the World University Games team, then the World Championships team, and now the Commonwealth Games team has been a great progression. Each experience has helped me learn more about competing at the highest level and given me confidence that I belong on the international stage. I’m enjoying the challenge and looking forward to continuing to develop as a senior athlete.”

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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.

While still a junior in 2025, Delta compiled a strong domestic season 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 gathered sufficient World Athletics points in the long jump to qualify for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, where at the end of a long season for the teenager, she leapt 6.28m in the qualifying rounds.

Transitioning to seniors in 2026, she has been brilliant. Delta has set two long jump PBs for a total improvement of 26cm, and leapt from #17 to #5 on the Australian all-time list with her new best mark of 6.84m. She was second at the Australian Championships and Oceania Championships to National record holder Brooke Bruschkuehl. In the 100m hurdles she also equalled, then broke her PB, now down to 13.16. She accepts the long jump is now her priority event, but said: “I still plan to compete in both long jump and the 100m hurdles whenever competition timetables allow for the double.”

(June 2026) Has long jump taken over from the 100m hurdles in the last year or two?: I still love both events equally, but at the moment long jump has become my stronger event in terms of where I’m ranked internationally and my ability to consistently perform at a level that’s competitive on the world stage. That’s probably why there’s been a bit more focus on long jump recently, but I still see myself as an athlete who competes in both events and would love to be able to perform in both on the world stage.

What’s the status of the 100m hurdles in your career? Will you still compete in it?: Absolutely. I still plan to compete in both long jump and the 100m hurdles whenever competition timetables allow for the double. I consistently train for both events because they complement each other really well. The speed, power and technical aspects of hurdles help my long jump, and vice versa, so I see benefits in maintaining both disciplines for my entire career.

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: Second year (2026) Bachelor of Law at University of Wollongong…Nickname: Dawn.

@27 June 2026 david.tarbotton@athletics.org.au