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Sam Baines (born 8 February 1991 in Melbourne) is an Australian track and field athlete, specialising in the 110 m Hurdles.
Biography
Baines was born in Melbourne. He holds the Australian U/18 Record for the 110m Hurdles and also holds the Commonwealth Youth Record. He is coached by James Karageorgiou and competes for the Old Melburnians Athletics Club.
2008
At the III Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India he placed 1st in a Commonwealth Youth record time of 13.77s.
He was ranked number 1 in the world for U/18 110m Hurdles.
2010
He competed at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed 4th in the Final.
| Event | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | Melbourne | 10.75 |
| 110mH(91 cm) | Canberra | 13.28 |
| 110mH(99 cm) | Brisbane | 13.53 |
| 110mH(106 cm) | Brisbane | 13.54 |
| 400m | Canberra | 48.87 |
References
- "Baines bags new national record en route to world junior titles". Athletics Australia. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- "RT Interviews: Sam Baines". The Runners Tribe. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
External links
- Sam Baines at World Athletics
- Sam Baines at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Sam Baines at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Sam Baines at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Sam Baines at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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