Gout Gout

Gout Gout
Personal information
Born (2007-12-29) 29 December 2007 (age 16)
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests*All information from athlete's World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Lima 200 m

Gout Gout (born 29 December 2007) is an Australian sprinter.[1] He is the Australian and Oceanian record holder in the 200 metres, with a time of 20.04 seconds set in 2024.[2]

Early life and background

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Gout was born in Ipswich, Queensland, to parents from South Sudan who moved to Australia two years before he was born. According to Gout's father Bona, when he and his wife Monica fled South Sudan for Egypt, before moving to Australia, the family name was misspelled during translation from Arabic. The proper spelling should be "Guot"[note 1], though Australian records have not been corrected. Thus, "Gout" remains his official name.[3][4]

Gout attends Ipswich Grammar School in South East Queensland.[5] In his younger years, Gout played soccer and grew up admiring Cristiano Ronaldo as his favourite footballer, before making the decision to focus on athletics.[6]

Career

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The holder of the Australian under-16 100m and 200m records, Gout ran 10.57 seconds for the 100m as a fourteen-year-old in 2022.[7] The following April, as the age of 15, Gout first broke the Australian under-18 men's 200m record. He ran 20.87 seconds to win the under-18 men's 200m final at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Brisbane in April 2023.[8][9][10]

Gout ran a personal best time of 10.29s to win the U18 Boys 100m at the Queensland Athletics Championships in Brisbane, in March 2024.[11] He won the Australian U20 100m title in Adelaide in April 2024, running a time of 10.48 seconds.[12] He represented Australia at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metres in August 2024 in a personal best time of 20.60 (-0.7m/s).[13][14] On 18 October he competed in the 2024 GPS Track & Field Championships, winning the 100m, 200m and 400m treble with times of 10.36 seconds for the 100m, 20.86 seconds for the 200m, and 47.57 seconds for the 400m.[15]

On 28 October, he signed his first contract with Adidas.[16] At the Queensland All-Schools Championships in the first weekend of November, he clocked a time of 20.29 (+1.2 m/s) in the heats of the 200m. In addition to achieving the Oceanian U20 record, he became the fourth fastest Australian over this distance and the fastest since 1993. This performance placed him fourth in the world all-time youth performance rankings, behind Erriyon Knighton, Usain Bolt and Puripol Boonson.[17]

On 6 December, at the 2024 Australian All Schools Athletics Championship, he ran a personal best time of 10.04 (+3.4 m/s) in the 100m to win his heat.[18][19] This time was the fourth fastest U18 time in the world and the fifth fastest all-time by an Australian.[20] He backed this up by winning the final in 10.17 (+0.9 m/s), breaking the Australian U18 record which had been held by Australia’s reigning men’s senior champion Sebastian Sultana.[19][21] The next day, in the 200m final, Gout ran 20.04 seconds. This time ranked as the second-fastest U18 performance of all time, and made Gout only the second U18 athlete to surpass Usain Bolt's record in this category. He also broke the Australian record, held since 1968 by Peter Norman.[2]

Achievements

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Personal bests

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Distance Time (s) Wind Location Date Notes
60 metres 6.98 - Gold Coast, Australia 12 July 2024
100 meters 10.17 +0.9 m/s Brisbane, Australia 6 December 2024
10.04 w +3.4 m/s Brisbane, Australia 6 December 2024 Wind-assisted
200 meters 20.04 +1.5 m/s Brisbane, Australia 7 December 2024 NR, AU20R, AU18B, AR
400 meters 47.57 - Brisbane, Australia 18 October 2024 [citation needed]

International competitions

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Representing  Australia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2024 Oceania U18 Athletics Championships Suva, Fiji 1st 200 m 21.24 CR
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.34
World U20 Championships Lima, Peru 2nd 200 m 20.60 PB
5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.64

National championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Wind (m/s) Notes
2022 Australian Athletics Championships U16 Sydney 6e 100 m 11.27 −1.0
4e 200 m 22.35 +0.9
2023 Australian Athletics Championships U18 Brisbane 1st 100 m 10.50 +1.3
1st 200 m 20.87 −0.1 AYR
2024 Australian Athletics Championships U20 Adelaide 1st 100 m 10.48 +1.1
1st 200 m 20.97 −1.0
Australian Athletics Championships U18 1st 100 m 11.00 −3.7
1st 200 m 21.23 −2.2

Notes

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  1. ^ Pronounced as Gwot

References

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  1. ^ "Guot Guot". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Gout Gout: Australian 16-year-old breaks 200m record in 1 0.04secs during school championships". BBC Sport. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  3. ^ Rugari, Vince (9 December 2024). "He's our newest star. And we've spelt his name wrongly". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Gout Gout's father clarifies Australian athlete's correct name and pronunciation | Sporting News Australia". www.sportingnews.com. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  5. ^ Pentony, Luke (16 April 2023). "Teenager Gout Gout creates Australian athletics history with blistering sprint performance". abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ^ Dawson, Andrew (7 September 2024). "The rise of Ipswich Grammar School student and Aussie sprint star Gout Gout". couriermail.net.au. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  7. ^ "WHO IS GOUT GOUT? AUSTRALIAN ALL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. ^ "'Mind blowing': Queensland teenager shatters Australian record as Sally Pearson's 20-year feat toppled". foxsports.com.au. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ Saeed, Danyaal (16 April 2023). "15-year-old Gout Gout smashes 41-year Aussie record, just misses Usain Bolt". news.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ^ Brunsdon, Simon (16 April 2023). "'It feels like you are floating': Teen star stuns with 200-metre national record run". nine.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  11. ^ Kinyanjui, Mark (17 March 2024). "Australian wonderkid dubbed 'Oceanian Usain Bolt' sets another milestone after dominating Queensland Championships". Pulsesports. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  12. ^ Gates, Zachary (12 April 2024). "'It's scary': Crowd 'electric' as Aussie 16-year-old sprinter Gout Gout storms to national under-20 glory". Nine.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Australia names team of 68 for World U20 Championships Lima 24". World Athletics. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  15. ^ "AthleticLIVE".
  16. ^ Chavez, Chris (28 October 2024). "16-Year-Old Sprint Sensation Gout Gout Turns Professional, Signs With Adidas". citiusmag. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Australian sprint prodigy Gout Gout blazes to new 200m heights". theguardian. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  18. ^ "2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championships". Roster Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  19. ^ a b Gullan, Scott (6 December 2024). "Gout Gout breaks 100m record, runs illegal 10.04 seconds in 100m heat at Australian All Schools Championships". news.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Senior 100 Metres men". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  21. ^ "2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championships". Roster Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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