Cara Feain-Ryan
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Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sport of athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 3000 metres 3000 metres steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ben Norton[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Now coaching | Moreton Bay College[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 3000m: 9:00.94 (2024) 3000mSC: 9:28.72 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 4 April 2024 |
Cara Feain-Ryan (born 5 February 1999) is an Australian steeplechase runner. She was the gold medallist over 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World University Games, and her best of 9:29.60 ranks her 6th all-time amongst Australians.[1]
Career
[edit]Feain-Ryan began running in regional youth competition as early as 2013, participating in cross country running and winning the national U18 2000 metres steeplechase title.[3][2] She first represented Australia at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships, where she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[3] She later qualified for her first global championship at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, where she finished 11th in her heat and did not qualify for the finals.[3]
At the 2021 Summer World University Games (postponed to 2023), Feain-Ryan kicked in the final lap of the 3000 m steeplechase to win her first international gold medal.[4][5] She won her first senior national title at the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships, qualifying her to represent Australia again at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[6][7] At the world championships, she finished 7th in her heat and did not advance to the finals.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Feain-Ryan grew up in Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia. Her mother supports her athletics career, as her father died of brain cancer in 2008.[6] In 2015, she moved from Lismore, New South Wales to Brisbane, where she trains with Genevieve Gregson.[1][4]
She received a sports scholarship at the University of Queensland, where she studied speech pathology. She struggled with injuries during her early university career. Feain-Ryan is now coached professionally by Ben Norton, and she also coaches youth cross country and middle-distance running at Moreton Bay College.[2][1] Feain-Ryan struggled with funding her career, telling the Sydney Morning-Herald that she was not adequately supported by the Australian governing bodies.[8]
Her cousin is Matt Ryan, Olympic medallist in rowing.[1]
Statistics
[edit]Personal best progression
[edit]# | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 10:46.25 | Queensland Junior Championships | Brisbane, Australia | 12 Feb 2016 | ||
2 | 10:35.30 | Sally Pearson Shield at QSAC | Brisbane, Australia | 19 Jan 2018 | [9] | |
3 | 10:32.20 | Coles Queensland Athletics Championships | Brisbane, Australia | 6 Mar 2019 | [10] | |
4 | 10:28.16 | Brisbane, Australia | 21 Feb 2020 | [11] | ||
5 | 10:19.01 | Queensland Athletics Championships | Brisbane, Australia | 4 Mar 2020 | [12] | |
6 | 9:55.79 | Coles Summer Super Series | Canberra, Australia | 24 Feb 2021 | [13] | |
7 | 9:38.39 | Australian Athletics Championships | Sydney, Australia | 17 Apr 2021 | [14] | |
8 | 9:36.35 | Festival Of Athletics | Townsville, Australia | 17 Jun 2021 | [15] | |
9 | 9:29.60 | 7th (Heat 2) | World Athletics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 22 Aug 2023 | [16] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Australia, Athletics. "Cara Feain-Ryan". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Minerva: Cara Feain-Ryan". www.minervanetwork.com.au. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Cara Feain-Ryan at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ a b "Barrier Breakthrough | Cara Feain-Ryan Hits 2023 World Championships in Form". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Admin (5 August 2023). "Feain-Ryan leads a golden night at the World University Games". UniSport Australia. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Cara Feain-Ryan". Australian Sports Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Feain-Ryan wins dramatic steeplechase at Australian Championships - Inside Athletics". 1 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Wright, Nick (19 December 2023). "'Living on the breadline': The crisis crippling Brisbane's Olympic hopefuls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1999 births
- Australian female steeplechase runners
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
- FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Australian female cross country runners
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- Athletes from Brisbane
- Sportspeople from Lismore, New South Wales
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- Australian athletics coaches
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia