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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 December 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.26 (Brisbane, 2023) 200m: 20.42 (Cali, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Calab Law (born 31 December 2003) is an Australian sprinter. He is an indigenous athlete and a member of the Wakka Wakka people. In 2024, he became Australian national champion over 200 metres. [1]
Law was selected for the Australian team for the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres and in doing so became the fifth youngest male ever selected for the championships. At the event he ran a new personal best of 20.50 s to progress into the semi-finals to become the first Australian teenager ever to qualify for a World or Olympic semi-final. [2] [3] The following month, he ran a new personal best of 20.42 s in a semi-final of the 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. He finished third in the final in 20.48 s to obtain a bronze medal. [4]
In November 2023, he won gold at the 2023 Pacific Games over 100m and 200m in Honiara. [5]
In April 2024, he won the Australian Athletics Championships title over 200 metres, winning in Adelaide in 20.54 seconds. [6] He ran as part of the Australian 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [7]