Luke van Ratingen
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 400 m: 45.03 s (Melbourne, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luke van Ratingen (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian sprinter. He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Van Ratingen was second to Fred Kerley over 400 metres at the Sydney Classic in March 2023.[2] He ran 45.88 seconds to win the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.[3]
Van Ratingen ran as part of the Australian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[4] He was a gold medalist over 400 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024.[5] He equalled his personal best in June 2024 but missed the 2024 Olympic Games through an injury which took eight months of rehabilitation to recover from.[6]
Van Ratingen was selected for the Australian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in May 2025.[7] On the first day he ran as part of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.[8] On the second day, he ran as part of the Australian Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team which finished second overall in 3:12.20.[9][10] Van Ratingen was selected for the Australian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11][12]
In March 2026, he won the 400 m in a personal best 45.21 seconds at the Adelaide Invitational.[13] That month, he lowered his best to 45.03 seconds at the Maurie Plant Meet.[14][15] On 11 April, he ran 45.25 seconds to finish runner-up to Reece Holder in the 400 m at the 2026 Australian Championships.[16] He was selected for the Australian team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[17] On the opening day he was part of the Australian men's 4 x 400 metres relay team alongside Matthew Hunt, Reece Holder, and Aidan Murphy who set a new Oceania record of 2:57.30 breaking the previous best that had stood since 1984.[18][19] In the final, he ran time as the team ran 2:55.20 to break the Australian record they set in the preliminary round the previous day and move within a second of the world record.[20] Later that month, he won the bronze medal over 400 m at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships behind Murphy and Tom Reynolds in an Australian sweep of the medals.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Luke van Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "Fred Kerley wins 400m in dominating fashion at Sydney Track Classic 2023". Olympics.com. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ "Little dominates javelin as championship records tumble at Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "NSW Open and Little Athletics Championships - REVIEW". nswathletics.org. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "A HISTORIC FIRST AS AUSTRALIA GETS SET TO CONTEST ALL SIX EVENTS AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". Athletics.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN MIXED 4X400M RELAY TEAM PUNCH TICKETS TO TOKYO WITH OCEANIA RECORD". Athletics.com. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x400m silver caps successful world relay championships for Australia". The Guardian. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ↑ "HOMETOWN HERO MURPHY SALUTES WHILE WILLIAMS FIRES AT ADELAIDE INVITATIONAL". Athletics.com.au. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Gout Gout denied by Aussie rival Lachie Kennedy again in slippery 200m epic at Maurie Plant Meet". 7news. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE AS KENNEDY SHINES AT MAURIE PLANT MEET – MELBOURNE". Athletics Australia. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "SUB-10 AGAIN IN KENNEDY'S IN CROWNING MOMENT AT AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "KENNEDY AND LEWIS HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN SQUADS FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ "World leads fall as 4x400m teams light up first round in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Snape, Jack (4 May 2026). "Relay team grab bronze at worlds on another red letter day for Australian athletics". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ "MURPHY BRINGS HEAT TO DARWIN TO CLIMB AUSTRALIAN ALL-TIME LIST". Australian Athletics. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
