Jana Pittman |
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| D.O.B: |
9 Nov 1982 |
| Place of Birth: |
Sydney, Australia |
| Resides at: |
Melbourne, Australia |
| Height: |
181cm |
| Weight: |
67kg |
| Education: |
Commenced studying for a Science degree by correspondence from Monash University in 2002. |
| Occupation: |
Athlete |
| Scholarship: |
Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) |
| Club: |
Multelink Hills Athletic Club |
| Coach: |
Phil King |
| Sport: |
Athletics: 400m, 400m hurdles |
| Nickname: |
JP |
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| Hobbies: |
Collecting toy wombats. Jana paints her fingernails and toenails in the colours of the team she represents before competing.
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Reasons for
chosen sport: |
"I enjoyed the friendships and it grew from there." Her idol is Debbie Flintoff-King, who also happens to be the wife of her coach Phil King.
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| Other interests: |
Jana has a tattoo of a bumble bee on her stomach for inspiration; "aerodynamically the bumble bee cannot fly but it doesn't know this so it goes on flying anyway. It means I have been given this body and I'm capable of anything." (The Bulletin 2003)
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Honours
- Won the IAAF Rising Star Award in 2000
- Named Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 2002
- Named Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 2003
- Became the youngest world or Olympic 400m champion at the 2003 World Champs
Career Highlights
| 2002 |
- C'wealth Games: 400m hurdles - gold, 4 x 400m relay - gold, World Cup: 400m hurdles - bronze
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| 2003 |
- World Champs: 400m hurdles - gold
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| 2004 |
- Olympics: 400m hurdles - 5th
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Jana had surgery on her knee 12 days before competing at the 2004 Athens Olympics where she made it into the final of the 400m hurdles and finished 5th.
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Records
- Member of the 4 x 400m relay team which set a new C'wealth Games Record in 2002
- Sets World Junior Record for the 400m hurdles
- Sets Australian U18 & U20 Record for the 400m hurdles
- Sets Australian U18 Record for the 400m