Sam Tanner
New Zealand athlete
 Sam Tanner in 2023 | |
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| Born | (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 23) Papamoa, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Middle-, long-distance running |
Samuel Tanner (born 24 August 2000)[1] is a New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. He is Māori; his iwi affiliation is Ngāpuhi.[2] Tanner is the New Zealand indoor record holder for the 1500 metres.
Career
A former surfer, Tanner set a national indoor 1500 metres record of 3:34.74 in February 2020 to secure the automatic Olympic qualification mark in Staten Island, New York[3][4] He was confirmed on the New Zealand team for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in April 2021.[5] At the Games, he failed to make it beyond the heats with a time of 3:43.22.[1]
In June 2022, Tanner won the Oceania Athletics Championships 1500 m title.[6] The following month, he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the event at the World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon with a time of 3:36.32.[1] In August, he finished sixth in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games men's 1500 m final, setting a new personal best of 3:31.34, an improvement of 3 seconds, and becoming the second-fastest New Zealander of all time over the distance behind Nick Willis.[7]
On 28 January 2023, Tanner lowered his personal best time for the mile by 0.41 s to record 3:54.56 in regaining the New Zealand national title at the Cook's Classic in Whanganui.[8] He improved his mile best time twice in the following two weeks with 3:52.85 and then 3:51.70, both indoors in the United States.[1]
Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he reached the semi-finals.[9]
In January 2024, Tanner retained the New Zealand national title in the mile at the Cook's Classic in Whanganui.[10]
In April 2024, he was named in the preliminary New Zealand squad for the 2024 Olympic Games.[11]
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:48.35 (Christchurch 2022)
- 1500 metres – 3:31.34 (Birmingham 2022)
- 1500 metres indoor – 3:34.72 (New York, NY 2021) NR
- One mile – 3:49.51 (Eugene, Oregon 2023)
- One mile indoor – 3:51.70 (New York, NY 2023)
- 5000 metres – 13:32.74 (Auckland 2022)
- 10,000 metres – 31:26.86 (Wellington 2018)
References
- ^ a b c d "Samuel TANNER – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics Day 11 (03/08): Māori athletes in action today". Te Karere, TVNZ. 3 August 2021.
- ^ "How surfing has helped Tanner's development as a runner | PERFORMANCE | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Kiwi 1500m hope Sam Tanner reveals surprising secret to track success – surfing" – via www.newshub.co.nz.
- ^ "SunLive – Sam Tanner heading to the Tokyo Olympics – The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz.
- ^ "Hobbs and Doran break sprint records at Oceania Athletics Championships". inside the Games. 12 June 2022.
- ^ Birmingham, Robert van Royen in (6 August 2022). "'Happiest sixth-placed getter ever': Sam Tanner eyes Nick Willis' NZ record after lifetime best". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Athletics: Elated athletes score personal bests despite miserable conditions at Whanganui's Cooks Classic". NZHerald.co.uk.
- ^ "Men's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Tweed, Mike (27 January 2024). "Athletics: Sam Tanner and Rebekah Aitkenhead triumph at Whanganui's Cooks Classic". NZHerald. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Kirkness, Luke (18 April 2024). "New Zealand announces strong athletics team for Paris 2024 Olympics featuring Hamish Kerr and George Beamish". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
External links
- Washington Huskies bio
- Sam Tanner at World Athletics
- Sam Tanner at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Sam Tanner at Olympics.com
- Sam Tanner at Olympedia
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New Zealand national champions in men's 1500 m
Note: 1 mile or 1,609 metres before 1970
- 1888: J.F. Field
- 1889: F. Ellis
- 1890: P. Morrison
- 1891: D. Wood
- 1892: Bill Burk
- 1893: Charles Gilbert Rees
- 1894: Charlton Morpeth
- 1895: D. Davis
- 1896: W.F. Bennett
- 1897: J. McKean
- 1898–1899: Sam Pentecost
- 1900: W.F. Simpson
- 1901: Sam Pentecost
- 1902–1903: W.F. Simpson
- 1904: W.H. Pollock
- 1905–1907: Hector Burk
- 1908: Archer Burge
- 1909: E.J. Steele
- 1910–1912: George Hill
- 1913–1914: Arthur Dormer
- 1915: James Beatson
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920: Arthur Dormer
- 1921–1922: Reg Webber
- 1923: Ken Griffin
- 1924: Bert Dufresne
- 1925–1926: Randolph Rose
- 1927–1929: Billy Savidan
- 1930: Don Evans
- 1931–1932: Gordon Bayne
- 1933: Jim Barnes
- 1934: Lachie McLachlan
- 1935: Edgar Forne
- 1936: Pat Boot
- 1937: Bill Pullar
- 1938: Spencer Wade
- 1939–1940: Bill Pullar
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: Alan Geddes
- 1946: Jim Grierson
- 1947: Harold Nelson
- 1948: Jack Sinclair
- 1949: Neil Bates
- 1950: Jack Sinclair
- 1951–1952: Maurice Marshall
- 1953: James Parcell
- 1954–1957: Murray Halberg
- 1958: Bill Baillie
- 1959: Peter Snell
- 1960: Murray Halberg
- 1961: Bill Baillie
- 1962–1966: John Davies
- 1967: Bruce Burns
- 1968: David Sirl
- 1969: Dick Quax
- 1970: Dick Tayler
- 1971: Kevin Ross
- 1972–1973: Tony Polhill
- 1974: John Walker
- 1975–1976: Stuart Melville
- 1977: Tom Birnie
- 1978: Rod Dixon
- 1979–1983: John Walker
- 1984: Peter O'Donoghue
- 1985: Tony Rogers
- 1986: John Walker
- 1987: Peter O'Donoghue
- 1988: Andrew Campbell
- 1989: Phil Clode
- 1990: Peter O'Donoghue
- 1991: Martin Enholm (SWE)
- 1992–1993: Robbie Johnston
- 1994: Richard Potts
- 1995: Mark Tonks
- 1996: Alan Bunce
- 1997–1998: Hamish Christensen
- 1999: Phil Spratley
- 2000: Adrian Blincoe
- 2001: Hamish Christensen
- 2002: Ben Ruthe
- 2003–2005: Paul Hamblyn
- 2006: Nick Willis
- 2007: Richard Olsen
- 2008: Nick Willis
- 2009: Gareth Hyett
- 2010–2011: Hamish Carson
- 2012: Julian Matthews
- 2013–2014: Hamish Carson
- 2015: Nick Willis
- 2016: Hamish Carson
- 2017: Eric Speakman
- 2018: Hamish Carson
- 2019: Sam Tanner
- 2020: Nick Willis
- 2021: Julian Oakley
- 2022–2024: Sam Tanner
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