Brandon Starc

Brandon Starc
Starc in 2014
Personal information
Born (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubParramatta Athletics Club
Coached byAlex Stewart[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh Jump: 2.36 m in Germany
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast High jump
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham High jump
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore High jump
Updated on 12 April 2018

Brandon Starc (born 24 November 1993) is an Australian high jumper.[4] Starc currently trains in Sydney, Australia, under the guidance of his coach Alex Stewart. As a national representative and high achieving athlete, Starc is supported and represented through the New South Wales and Australian Institutes of Sport.[3][5]

As a 16 year old he won a silver medal at the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore with a +9 cm personal best[6] of 2.19m.[7] Starc won his first National Senior Athletics Championships title in 2012 with 2.28m, going on to qualify as a finalist at the 2012 World Junior Athletics Championships, Starc has also competed in the finals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2015 World Athletics Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Starc qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics placing second in his Group and qualifying for the Olympic final. He placed 5th after jumping a height of 2.33m, just 0.04m short of the shared winners, Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy.[8]

  1. ^ Azal Khan and Lawrence Machado (2 August 2016). "Hills Sports High Seven Hills' Brandon Starc and Chloe Logarzo become Olympians". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Brandon Starc". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Tuxworth, Jon (18 December 2015). "High jumper Brandon Starc brimming with confidence as he targets Olympic glory". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Brandon Starc". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Brandon Starc".
  6. ^ "The Starc-kest reality | the Examiner". Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ^ "404 page not found | Athletics Australia". athletics.com.au. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  8. ^ "Athletics STARC Brandon - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.