Olympic Information
- 2004 Athens - 6th (4x100m relay); 20th (100m)
Recent Performances
- 1st (4x100m) - 2012 Kawasaki Golden Grand Prix (Kawasaki, Japan)
- 1st (100m) - 2012 Melbourne Australian Open (Melbourne, Australia)
- 6th (100m) - 2012 Melbourne Track Classic (Melbourne, Australia)
- 8th (100m) - 2012 Sydney Track Classic (Sydney, Australia)
- 1st (100m) - 2012 Adelaide Track Classic (Adelaide, Australia)
Career Highlights
- Winning the Stawell Gift from scratch
- Making the World Championship semi-final in 2005
- Winning a record six Australian 100m Titles
Interesting Facts
- Indigenous sprinter Josh Ross is a six-time national champion. The oldest member of the 4x100m relay team at 31, Ross also clocked the fastest time out of the quartet in qualifying for the Games.
- Ross almost scored an individual 100m berth with a blistering Olympic A qualifier of 10.16 in May, but the time was deemed illegal due to a +2.9 tailwind.
- Ross completed a comeback of sorts just to qualify for London. An Olympic quarter-finalist in 2004, Ross missed the Beijing Games and began chasing a dream to become the first Australian to play wide receiver in the NFL in America.
- Ross rates as the third fastest Australian of all time, after Matt Shirvington and Patrick Johnson. His personal best is 10.08 which he set in 2007.
- He won the Stawell gift in 2003 and also in 2005 off the scratch mark, making him just the third person to win the event twice.
Sport
Years on national team
5
Coach
Piero Saccetta (2011 - current)
Primary Training Base
Melbourne, Australia
Club
Collingwood (VIC, Australia)
Education
Secondary
Henry Kendal High (NSW, Australia)
Athletics Team
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