Torrie Lewis
Australian sprinter
Torrie Lewis (born 8 January 2005) is an Australian sprinter. She is the Australian national record holder over 60 metres and 100 metres. She has won Australian national titles over 100 metres and 200 metres and ran 10.99 seconds to win the 100 m bronze medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Early life
Lewis was born in Nottingham, England, to a father of Jamaican and Indian descent and a mother of Scottish descent. At the age of six she moved to Australia and was a promising gymnast in her early years in Newcastle, New South Wales, before turning her full attention to the track. She later moved to Brisbane, Queensland where she attended St Peters Lutheran College.
Career
Lewis ran 11.33 seconds for the 100m aged 16 years-old which placed her as the third fastest U18 women in the world, behind only Tina Clayton of Jamaica and American Shawnti Jackson.
In April 2023, aged 18 years, she won the 100m and 200m sprint double at the Australian national athletics championships.
2024
On 27 January 2024, Lewis ran 11.10 (+1.6) in Canberra to become both (i) the Australian under-20 women's 100 metres record holder, surpassing Raelene Boyle's longstanding under-20 record of 11.20 set at altitude at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, and (ii) the Australian Women's open 100 metres record holder, passing Melissa Breen's previous mark of 11.11 set in 2014, also in Canberra.
In April 2024, Lewis lowered her personal best for the 200 metres to 22.94 seconds in a heat at the Australian National championships in Adelaide where she went on to win gold ahead of Mia Gross.
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