Chris Troode
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Troode |
| Born | 19 February 1983 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprinting |
Christopher Troode (born 19 February 1983) is an Australian former athlete.[1]
A native of Perth, Troode was a member of Australia's gold medal-winning 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne (with John Steffensen, Mark Ormrod & Clinton Hill). He was the only addition to the team which won silver at the 2004 Olympics and ran the second leg of the final.[2]
In 2009, Troode won a 4 × 400 metres gold medal at the World University Games in Belgrade, where he also qualified fastest for the 400 metres individual final (but did not start).[3]
Troode's wife Lyndsay was a sprinter at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and is the daughter of athlete Coleen Pekin.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Offereins puts stars on notice". The West Australian. 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Australians cry foul to take gold from England". The Independent. 26 March 2006.
- ^ "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com.
- ^ "Pekin strives for family Games dream". PerthNow. 14 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- Chris Troode at World Athletics
- Christopher Troode at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Christopher Troode at Commonwealth Games Australia
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Australian male sprinters
- Athletes from Perth, Western Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
- FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Western Australia
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen