Nathan Deakes

Australian race walker

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Nathan Deakes

Personal information
Born|  (1977-08-17) 17 August 1977 (age 47)
Height| 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight| 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country|  Australia
Sport| Athletics
Event| 50km Race Walk

Medal record

Olympic Games
|  2004 Athens | 20 km walk
World Championships
| 2007 Osaka | 50 km walk
Commonwealth Games
|  2002 Manchester | 20 km walk
|  2002 Manchester  | 50 km walk
|  2006 Melbourne | 20 km walk
|  2006 Melbourne  | 50 km walk
|  1998 Kuala Lumpur | 20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
|  2004 Naumburg | 20 km walk

Nathan Deakes (born 17 August 1977 in Geelong) is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport.

By performances, Deakes is Australia's best and most successful ever race walker, winning several international medals and holding many Australian and World Records. He was the 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australia's most prestigious sporting award across all sports.[1]

He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. He won gold in the 20 km walk and 50 km walk events at both the 2002 Manchester Games and the 2006 Melbourne Games, becoming the first man to win both the 20 km and 50 km walks at two consecutive Commonwealth Games. He also won bronze medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games and the 1996 World Junior Championships. He was also among the leading duo at the Athens Olympics in the 50 km walk, until being disqualified. He won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka in the 50 km walk.[2]

To cap off a successful 2007, Deakes was crowned 2007 Telstra Male Athlete of the Year for the second time (the first being in 2004).

He also broke the 50 km walk world record on 2 December 2006 at the Australian 50 km Road Walking Championships in Geelong, recording a time of 3:35.47. This bettered race walking great Robert Korzeniowski's previous world record of 3:36.03. He is also 4th all-time for the 20 km walk, 1:17.33, and 7th all-time for the 20,000m walk, 1:19.47.[2]

Deakes also won the last edition of the Goodwill Games in Brisbane 2001. He beat a strong field consisting of the current Olympic Champion, Robert Korzeniowski, and the then current World Champion, Roman Rasskazov.

On 21 July 2008 Deakes announced that he would withdraw from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with a hamstring tendon injury that required surgery to repair.

His last competitive outing came at the 2012 London Olympics, where he competed despite a year riddled with injury and finished 19th in the 50 km walk. He retired from the sport officially in February 2013,[3] and became a Board Member soon after for Athletics AustraliaIn 2018 he was appointed as a member of the Athletics Integrity Unit Anti-Doping Panel.

Deakes has completed university academic qualifications with a double degree in Banking & Finance and Law (Honours) from the University of Canberra, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University and a Masters in Law with a Sports Law specialisation from the University of Melbourne. He is published in the area of sports integrity.[2]

Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Nathan Deakes". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Nathan DEAKES". Olympics.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
3. ^ Race walker Deakes announces retirement. IAAF. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
4. ^ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

* Nathan Deakes at Australian Athletics Historical Results
* Nathan Deakes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

## External links

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* Nathan Deakes at the Australian Olympic Committee
* Nathan Deakes at Olympics.com

Records

Preceded by

Robert Korzeniowski

|  Men's 50 km walk world record holder
2 December 2006 - 11 May 2008  | Succeeded by

Denis Nizhegorodov

Awards and achievements
Preceded by

Philippe Rizzo

|  Australian Athlete of the Year
2007 (with Anna Meares)  | Succeeded by

Ken Wallace and Heath Francis

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World champions in men's 35 km and 50 km race walk

50 km|

* 1976:  Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)
* 1983:  Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1987:  Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
* 1991:  Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
* 1993:  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1995:  Valentin Kononen (FIN)
* 1997:  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1999:  Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
* 2001:  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2003:  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2005:  Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2007:  Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2009:  Trond Nymark (NOR)
* 2011:  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2013:  Robert Heffernan (IRL)
* 2015:  Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2017:  Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2019:  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)

35 km|

* 2022:  Massimo Stano (ITA)
* 2023:  Álvaro Martín (ESP)

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Commonwealth Games champions in men's 10,000 metres race walk and 20 kilometres race walk

20 kilometres
(1998–2018)|

* 1998:  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)
* 2002:  Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006:  Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2010:  Jared Tallent (AUS)
* 2014: not held
* 2018:  Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)

10000 metres
(2022–present)|

* 2022:  Evan Dunfee (CAN)

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Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk

20 miles
(1966–1974)|

* 1966:  Ron Wallwork (ENG)
* 1970:  Noel Freeman (AUS)
* 1974:  John Warhurst (ENG)

30 kilometres
(1978-1994)|

* 1978:  Olly Flynn (ENG)
* 1982:  Steve Barry (WAL)
* 1986:  Simon Baker (AUS)
* 1990:  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)
* 1994:  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)

50 kilometres
(1998-2006)|

* 1998:  Saravanan Govindasamy (MAS)
* 2002:  Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006:  Nathan Deakes (AUS)

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Australian National Champions in Men's 20 km Walk

* 1948 - 1959: Ted Allsopp
* 1961: Ronald Crawford
* 1963: Noel Freeman
* 1965 - 1968: Bob Gardiner
* 1967 - 1969: Frank Clark
* 1970: Noel Freeman
* 1972 - 1974: Peter Fullager
* 1976 - 1978: Willi Sawall
* 1980: Peter Fullager
* 1982: Willi Sawall
* 1983 - 1984: Dave Smith
* 1985: Simon Baker
* 1986: Not Held
* 1987: Dave Smith
* 1988: Simon Baker
* 1989: Rod Huxley
* 1990: Andrew Jachno
* 1991: Dave Smith
* 1992: Robert McFadden
* 1993: Paul Copeland
* 1994: Not Held
* 1995 - 1998: Nicholas A'Hern
* 1999: Dion Russell
* 2000 - 2002: Nathan Deakes
* 2003: Luke Adams
* 2004 - 2006: Nathan Deakes
* 2007: Luke Adams
* 2008 - 2013: Jared Tallent

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Australian National Champions in Men's 50 km Walk

* 1952: Len Chadwick
* 1954: Les Hellyer
* 1956: Norman Read (NZL)
* 1958: Ted Allsopp
* 1960: Noel Freeman
* 1962: Ted Allsopp
* 1964 - 1968: Bob Gardiner
* 1970: Ted Allsopp
* 1971: Bob Gardiner
* 1973: Robin Whyte
* 1975: Tim Erickson
* 1977: Willi Sawall
* 1979: Bruce Cook
* 1981: Willi Sawall
* 1983: Keith Knox
* 1984: Andrew Jachno
* 1985: Mark Dossetor
* 1986: Willi Sawall
* 1987: Steve Hausfeld
* 1988: Michael Harvey
* 1989: Simon Baker
* 1990: Michael Harvey
* 1991: Dariusz Wojcik
* 1992: Willi Sawall
* 1993 - 1994: Michael Harvey
* 1995: Duane Cousins
* 1996: Michael Harvey
* 1997 - 1998: Dion Russell
* 1999: Dion Russell and Nathan Deakes
* 2000: Not Held
* 2003: Duane Cousins
* 2004: Chris Erickson
* 2005 - 2006: Nathan Deakes
* 2007: Jared Tallent
* 2008: Chris Erickson
* 2009: Jared Tallent

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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

20 km walk|

* 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX)
* 1981: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS)
* 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
* 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
* 1985: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN)
* 1987: Axel Noack (GDR)
* 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
* 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
* 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
* 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
* 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE)
* 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
* 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA)
* 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
* 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)
* 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
* 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS)
* 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN)
* 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
* 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS)
* 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
* 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN)
* 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS)
* 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN)
* 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)
* 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)

50 km walk|

* 1980: José Marín (ESP)
* 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR)
* 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1983: José Marín (ESP)
* 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
* 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
* 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
* 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP)
* 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
* 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA)
* 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)
* 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
* 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
* 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN)
* 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
* 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
* 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN)
* 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN)
* 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN)
* 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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* Jeff Riseley
* Ben St Lawrence
* Liam Gander
* Mitchell Watt
* John Steffensen
* Luke Adams

* Sally Pearson
* Laura Whaler
* Tamsyn Manou
* Hayley Butler
* Jared Tallent
* Ryan Gregson
* Collis Birmingham

* Craig Mottram
* Jeff Hunt
* Youcef Abdi
* Anthony Alozie
* Matt Davies
* Aaron Rouge-Serret
* Isaac Ntiamoah

* Ben Offereins
* Tristan Thomas
* Steven Solomon
* Nathan Deakes
* Fabrice Lapierre
* Henry Frayne
* Steve Hooker

* Benn Harradine
* Jarrod Bannister
* Kaila McKnight
* Eloise Wellings
* Lauren Boden
* Melissa Breen
* Charlotte van Veenendaal

* Caitlin Sargent
* Caitlin Willis-Pincott
* Anneliese Rubie
* Regan Lamble
* Claire Tallent
* Alana Boyd
* Dani Samuels

* Kim Mickle

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