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Sally Pearson, OAM (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2013 World Championships.
Sally Pearson is a retired track athlete and Olympian considered to be one of the most successful Australian hurdlers of all time. She won a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the London 2012 Olympic Games and was also the world champion in the event in 2011 and 2017.
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Sally Pearson is one of Australia’s greatest Olympians and regarded as the nation’s most successful track athlete of all time. It was at Beijing 2008 when Sally made her Olympic debut in the 100m hurdles, creating history when she claimed silver behind USA’s Dawn Harper.
Mar 28, 2021 · The Australian hurdler shares her journey of self-discovery after retiring from athletics in 2019. She talks about her role as a mentor for emerging talent, her views on social media and the Tokyo Olympics, and her experience as a mother.
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Aug 6, 2019 · Sally Pearson winning the 100m hurdles at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Even before Osaka, Pearson had demonstrated her ambition. At the 2003 world championships, a couple of months before her 17 th birthday, she had run the 4x100 relay and put her hand up for the 4x400 when another athlete was injured.
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Aug 14, 2017 · The Australian 100m hurdler overcame years of injuries and self-coaching to win the world title in London, five years after her Olympic triumph. She shares her emotions, challenges and future plans in this feature article by World Athletics.
