Mia Scerri
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 March 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Multi-event |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Heptathlon: 6175 (2026) |
Mia Scerri (born 26 March 2005) is an Australian multi-event athlete. She won the heptathlon title at the Australian Athletics Championships in 2026.[1]
Biography
[edit]From Victoria, Scerri won Australian age-group combined events titles at under-15 level in 2019 and under-16 level in 2020.[2]
A student at Monash University in Melbourne, Scerri set a personal best in the heptathlon of 5537 points in April 2023. She placed twelfth overall in the heptathlon at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in August 2023 in Chengdu, China, with 5531 points.[3]
Scerri won the heptathlon at the 2023 Pacific Games setting a new championship record and personal best of 5624 points.[4][5] The following year, as an 18 year-old, Scerri won the Australian under-20 heptathlon title with a score 5429 points.[6] She was selected to compete for Australia at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, and was laying third overall with one event to go, before ultimately placing fourth overall, 51 points behind the bronze medal on 5550 points.[7][8][9]
In July 2025, she competed for Australia at the 2025 Summer World University Games, placing in ninth place overall on 5651 points.[10][11]
In April 2026, Scerri produced her biggest ever day-one score to lead experienced compatriots Tori West and Camryn Newton-Smith after four events at the senior Australian Athletics Championships, jumping career-best 1.81m in the high jump and setting a personal best 14.69m in the shot put to finish the day on 3783 points, a lead of 114 points. The following day she was crowned senior Australian champion for the first time scoring 6175 points having set personal bests in five of the seven events.[12][13][14] She placed seventh overall in heptathlon at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mia Scerri". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "JUNIORS IN ACTION AT AUSTRALIAN COMBINED EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "WALKERS SEIZE BRONZE AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics.com.au. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "SCERRI BRINGS BRILLIANT BEST - PACIFIC GAMES DAY TWO". Athletics.com.au. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "GO TIME FOR AUSTRALIA'S RISING STARS - PREVIEW DAY ONE WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "NEWTON-SMITH CROWNED QUEEN OF THE HEPTATHLON - AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY TWO". Athletics.com.au. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Australia names team of 68 for World U20 Championships Lima 24". World Athletics. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Koscak and Acklin set for heptathlon title battle, with one event to go in Lima". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "AMIDZOVSKI WINS HISTORY-MAKING LONG JUMP GOLD AS RAIKIWASA LAUNCHES TO DISCUS BRONZE AT WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "MOMENTUM BUILDS AS UNIROOS DELIVER STRONG SHOWING ON DAY THREE IN GERMANY". Athletics.com.au. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "BRONZE IN BOCHUM AS SURCH AND ANASTASIOS RISE". Athletics.com.au. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "HINCKSMAN WORLD RECORD SETS TONE FOR 2026 AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "KENNEDY AND MYERS SHINE UNDER FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AT AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Myers runs Oceania all-comers' 1500m record in Sydney". World Athletics. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
