Luke van Ratingen
Australian athlete
Luke van Ratingen (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian sprinter. He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships.
Biography
Van Ratingen was second to Fred Kerley over 400 metres at the Sydney Classic in March 2023. He ran 45.88 seconds to win the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.
Van Ratingen ran as part of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024. He equalled his personal best in June 2024 but missed the 2024 Olympic Games through an injury which took eight months of rehabilitation to recover from.
Van Ratingen was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025. On the first day he ran as part of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. On the second day, he ran as part of the Australian Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team which finished second overall in 3:12.20.
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