Declan Tingay (born 6 February 1999) is an Australian

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athlete. He won the silver medal in the

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at the

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. Tingay is the Oceanian record holder for the

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and 10,000 m walk.

Early years

Tingay started walking when he was 9 months and started Little Athletics when he was 5 years of age. His parents encouraged him as they wanted to give him an opportunity to play sport and also the athletics club was the most local to them. He found that he was a good walker and was best over long distances Tingay became serious when he was under 14 and 4 years later he just missed the national under-18 5000m walk record by a second. He attended Wesley College in South Perth.

Achievements

Tingay took the Australian under-20 10,000m walk record when placed fourth at the

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. His time was 40:49.72 and he was superior to Olympians

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, Jared Tallent, Nick A'Hern and Luke Adams. In 2018, he won bronze as a member of the national U20 team at the World Race Walking Team Championships in

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, China, and placed fourth in the 10,000m walk at the World U20 Championships held in

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, Finland. He was disqualified in his next international outing at the

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staged in

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, Italy. However, in 2021 he smashed his personal best in the 20 km walk and

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to represent Australia in the event at the postponed

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. Tingay finished in 17th place with a time of 1:24.00 close to 3 minutes behind the eventual winner, Massimo Stano. Although self-coached, Tingay does work with Brent Valance. He studied

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& Exercise and Health at the

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Personal bests

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– 18:24.50 (

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2022) Oceanian record *

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– 38:03.78 (

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2023) Oceanian record *

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– 40:26 (

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2022) *

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– 1:20:44 (

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2022)

References

External links

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Declan Tingay
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Declan Tingay
at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tingay, Declan 1999 births Living people Australian male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics