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Medal record 
Nathan DeakesMen's athletics Competitor for 
AustraliaOlympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens 20 km walk World Championships Gold 2007 Osaka 50 km walk Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester 20 km walk Gold 2002 Manchester 50 km walk Gold 2006 Melbourne 20 km walk Gold 2006 Melbourne 50 km walk Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur 20 km walk World Race Walking Cup Bronze 2004 Naumburg 20km walk Nathan Deakes (born 17 August 1977 in Geelong) is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport.
By performances, Nathan 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.
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.
To cap off a successful 2007, Nathan 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 20000m walk, 1:19.47.
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.
Nathan has university academic qualifications in Banking & Finance, and is furthering his qualifications studying a Law degree at the University of Canberra.
See also
- 2005 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking
References
External links
- Official website
- IAAF profile for Nathan Deakes
World Champions in Men's 50 km Walk 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: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) • 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
1998: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) • 2002 – 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) • 2010: Jared Tallent (AUS)
1966 – 1974: 20 miles • 1978 – 1994: 30 kilometres • 1998 – 2006: 50 kilometres 1966: Ron Wallwork (ENG) • 1970: Noel Freeman (AUS) • 1974: John Warhurst (ENG) • 1978: Olly Flynn (ENG) • 1982: Steve Barry (WAL) • 1986: Simon Baker (AUS) • 1990: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) • 1994: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) • 1998: Govindasamy Saravanan (MAS) • 2002 – 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
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 – 2010:Jared Tallent
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 • 2001 – 2002: Liam Murphy • 2003: Duane Cousins • 2004: Chris Erickson • 2005 – 2006: Nathan Deakes • 2007: Jared Tallent • 2008: Chris Erickson • 2009: Jared Tallent
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: Francisco Javier 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)
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: Yohan Diniz (RUS)
Records Preceded by
Robert KorzeniowskiMen's 50 km walk world record holder
December 2, 2006 – May 11, 2008Succeeded by
Denis NizhegorodovCategories:- 1977 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Australian racewalkers
- Living people
- People from Geelong
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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