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Jemma Pollard

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Jemma Pollard
Pollard at the 2025 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born (2005-04-18) 18 April 2005 (age 21)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 51.73s (Perth, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Nanjing4x400 m relay
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Lima4x400 m relay

Jemma Pollard (born 18 April 2005) is an Australian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships and a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World U20 Championships.[1]

Biography

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Pollard is a member of Newcastle Runners.[2] She was a gold medalist in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 Oceania U18 Athletics Championships in Mackay in June 2022.[3][4][5]

Pollard finished third at Stawell Gift in April 2024.[6][7] She won silver in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[8][9]

Pollard won bronze at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay alongside Ellie Beer, Ella Connolly and Bella Pasquali.[10][11] Pollard competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025, helping the Australian team qualify for the 2025 World Championships.[12][13] Pollard was subsequently selected for the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she again ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[14][15]

In Canberra in January 2026, she ran a personal best 52.18 seconds for the 400 metres to win the Capital Athletics Open and Under 20 Championships.[16] Pollard ran a personal best to win the 400 metres at the Perth Track Classic on 14 February 2026, winning with a time of 51.73 seconds, before also winning the following month over 400 m at the Adelaide Invitational.[17][18][19] The following month, Pollard won the 400m title in 52.79 at the NSW State Championships.[20]

Personal life

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She is from Newcastle, New South Wales.[21][22]

References

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  1. ↑ "Jemma Pollard". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Callinan, Josh (April 10, 2024). "Newcastle's Jemma Pollard makes step up at Australian Athletics Championships". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Valentine, Renee (24 June 2022). "Lake Macquarie athletes Ashlyn Blackstock, Jemma Pollard and Ella Osborne medal at Oceania Athletics Championships". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Oceania U18 Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Oceania U18 Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "LACEY AND MANNIX-POWER STORM HOME TO WIN STAWELL GIFTS". Commonwealth Games. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Kerry, Craig (1 April 2024). "Newcastle's Jemma Pollard finishes on the podium at Stawell Gift". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: Australia record their best medal haul with three silvers and a bronze on final day". Olympics.com. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Callinan, Josh (September 1, 2024). "World under-20 silver for Newcastle's Jemma Pollard in 4x400m relay". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Moorhouse, Lachlan (26 Jan 2025). "MYERS LEADS WORLD-LEADING AUSTRALIANS IN EARLY 2026 FRENZY". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 28 Jan 2026.
  17. ↑ "OLYMPIC FINALIST BOL IGNITES PERTH TRACK CLASSIC TO KICK-START CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SUMMER SERIES". Athletics.com.au. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 15 Feb 2026.
  18. ↑ "Perth Track Classic". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 15 Feb 2026.
  19. ↑ "HOMETOWN HERO MURPHY SALUTES WHILE WILLIAMS FIRES AT ADELAIDE INVITATIONAL". Athletics.com.au. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "TOP 10 PERFORMANCES FROM NSW AND VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Inside Athletics. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  21. ↑ Howard, Jack (31 May 2024). "Newcastle teenager chasing Olympic dream". NBN News. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "World under-20 silver for Newcastle's Jemma Pollard in 4x400m relay". Cessnock Advertiser. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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