Mitchell Lightfoot

Mitchell Lightfoot
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best110m hurdles: 13.53 (2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Darwin110m hurdles
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Honiara110m hurdles

Mitchell Lightfoot (born 22 July 2003) is an Australian track and field athlete. In 2023, he became Australian national champion and won gold at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara in the 110m hurdles and also won the gold medal at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships[1]

Early life

Lightfoot is from Maitland, New South Wales, where he attended Maitland High School and became NSW All School Champion in the 110m hurdles.[2][3][4]

Career

In January 2022, Lightfoot won the NSW U20 Championship title in the 110m hurdles, setting a new personal best time.[5] He followed this up in April 2022 by winning the Australian U20 title.[6] Lightfoot finished fourth at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.[7]

Lightfoot won gold at the 2022–23 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane, setting a new personal best time that places him inside the top-10 Australians of all time.[8]

In December 2023, he became the Oceanic champion at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, setting a new event record time of 14.19 seconds.[9][10]

He won the 110 metre hurdles race at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, in Perth.[11] Later that month, he set a new personal best of 13.53 seconds in Hiroshima, Japan.[12] The following month, he equalled that best whilst competing in Osaka, Japan.[13]

In April 2026, he placed second to Sam Hurwood in the final at the 2026 Australian Championships, in 13.64 seconds.[14] He was selected as part of the Australian team to compete at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning the gold medal ahead of Hurwood in Darwin, Northern Territory on 21 May.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "M.Lightfoot". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Rod (23 January 2022). "Maitland's Lightfoot sizzles at NSW Country Championships". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "NSW All Schools Day 4 Review: Lightfoot Quick Over the Hurdles". NSW Athletics. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Rod (21 January 2022). "Lightfoot on fast track to success". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Hartshorn, Michael (25 January 2022). "Mitchell Lightfoot tunes up for World Junior Championships with personal best victory". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Hartshorn, Michael (21 April 2022). "Aussie champion Mitchell Lightfoot sets sights on world titles in Columbia". Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Maitland hurdler Mitchell Lightfoot's storming finale at the U20 World Champs in Colombia". Daily Telegraph. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Callinan, Josh (5 April 2023). "Hunter hurdler Mitch Lightfoot says 'more to come' after breaking through for maiden national title, top-10 Australian time". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Lester, Joanna (1 December 2023). "Australia's Lightfoot sets new Pacific Games record in men's 100m hurdles". Sol2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Double gold for Australia in hurdles finals". sbs.com. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "59th Oda Mikio Memorial". World Athletics. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "12th Kinami Michitaka Memorial Athletics Meet". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "ATHLETICS STARS HEAD NORTH FOR OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DARWIN". Athletics.com.au. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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