Cameron Crombie

Cameron Crombie (born 14 February 1986) is an Australian Para-Athlete who specialises in the shot put and javelin throw events. At his first major international competition, he won the gold medal in the Men's Shot Put F38 classification at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London. England.

Cameron Crombie
Personal information
NationalityAustralia
Born (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986
Newcastle, New South Wales
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot Put, Javelin
Coached byHamish MacDonald
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  Australia
World Para Athletics Championships
2017 London Shot put F38
2019 Dubai Shot put F38
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Shot put F38

Personal

Crombie is the eldest of twin boys and was born on 14 February 1986 in Newcastle, New South Wales. He has hemiplegia (left side) because of a stroke during premature birth.[1] His family managed to keep this from him until his diagnosis was revealed when he was 16 years of age.

Crombie completed a bachelor's degree in Economics at University of Newcastle, and moved to Canberra where he now lives. While pursuing a sporting career, he works full-time as a licensed real estate agent and a has been a volunteer firefighter with the Molonglo Brigade of the ACT Rural Fire Service since 2013.

Sport

Prior to taking up athletics, Crombie was involved with basketball from a young age and came up through the Junior representative levels with the Newcastle Hunters and eventually went on to play at a state level as a 16 year old.[1]

In 2015, Crombie was introduced to para-sport, and became a National para-rowing champion by winning the men's single scull, mixed double scull (with Kathleen Murdoch) and the mixed coxed four in the LTA category, and was provisionally selected to represent Australia in the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Unfortunately, ongoing debate around classification and eligibility within rowing meant he did not compete.[2][3][1]

Athletics

In 2015 Crombie transferred to para-athletics where he was immediately internationally classified as F38 (re-confirmed in 2019[4]). He is coached by Paralympic gold medalist Hamish MacDonald [1] and continues to train in Canberra.

In his first major international para-athletics competition, he won the gold medal in the F38 Men's Shot Put with a world record throw of 15.95 m to smash the previous record mark by 37 cm.[5] He also competed in the F38 Men's Javelin Throw, where he finished in 5th place with a throw that increased his personal best by over 3.5m.

Crombie represented his country for a second time, competing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Here he competed in the F38 Men's Shot put alongside fellow Australians Martin Jackson and Jayden Sawyer. Crombie finished with a best throw of 15.74m, ahead of Jackson, who took the silver medal with 13.74m.

In May 2019, Crombie, Sawyer and fellow athletes James Turner and Deon Kenzie were selected to represent Australia at the upcoming 2019 World Para Athletics Championships to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the remainder of the team to be named in September, 2019.[6]

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, he repeated his success at the 2017 Championships by winning the gold medal in the Men's Shot Put F38 with a throw of 15.73m.[7]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Event Position Notes
Representing Australia
2017 World Para Athletics Championships London, England Shot put 1st 15.95m (WR)
Javelin 5th 47.84m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia Shot put 1st 15.74m
2019 World Para Athletics Championships Dubai, UAE Shot put 1st 15.73m
Javelin 7th 45.87m

Recognition
  • 2017 Canberra Sport Awards - The People's Sporting Champion.[8]
  • 2017-18 Athletics ACT - Male Senior Athlete of the Year
  • 2017-18 Athletics ACT - Para Athlete of the Year
  • 2019-20 Athletics ACT - Male Senior Athlete of the Year

References
  1. "Cameron Crombie". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. "2015 Rowing Team Announced". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "Cameron Crombie finally represents Australia at world para-athletics championships". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "IPC Classification Master List". IPC Athletics. 11 July 2019.
  5. "Cameron Crombie wins title at world para-athletics". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. "Four selected for 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Dubai". Athletics Australia. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 5 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. Dutton, Chris (1 December 2017). "Caroline Buchanan, Michael Matthews, Schoolboy rugby big winners at ACT sport awards". Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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