Jana Pittman

Jana Pittman (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian former athlete. During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and was part of Australia's winning 4 × 400 metres relay teams at both events.

Jana Pittman
Pittman at the Osaka World Championships in 2007.
Personal information
Full nameJana Pittman
NationalityAustralian
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982
Sydney, Australia
EducationWestern Sydney University (MBBS, grad. 2019)
Occupations
  • Athlete
  • doctor
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (2014)
Weight82 kg (181 lb) (2014)
Spouses
(m. 2006; div. 2009)
    (m. 2010; div. 2011)
      Paul Gatward
      (m. 2020)
      Life partners
      • James Gurr (2015–2016)
      • Rajiv Chaudhri (2016–2017)
      Children6
      Sport
      Sport
      Events
      Medal record
      Women's athletics
      Representing  Australia
      World Championships
      2003 Paris400 m hurdles
      2007 Osaka400 m hurdles
      Commonwealth Games
      2002 Manchester400 m hurdles
      2002 Manchester4×400 m relay
      2006 Melbourne400 m hurdles
      2006 Melbourne4×400 m relay
      World Junior Championships
      2000 Santiago400 m
      2000 Santiago400 m hurdles
      World Youth Championships
      1999 Bydgoszcz400 m hurdles

      Pittman is one of only ten athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Dani Samuels, David Storl and Faith Kipyegon) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

      Pittman also competed in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her the first Australian female athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.

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