Amy Cashin

Amy Cashin
Personal information
Birth name	Amy Cashin
Born	28 July 1994 (age 30); East Melbourne, Victoria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event	3000m steeplechase
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Australia
Oceania Championships

Amy Cashin (born 28 July 1994) is an Australian Olympic athlete.^[3]

A steeplechaser from Victoria who studied at West Virginia University, Cashin qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics after competing at the Stumptown Twilight meet in Portland, Oregon, in June 2021; by shaving 15 seconds off of her personal best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase run, she was given a finishing time of 9:28.60.^[4]

Cashin ran the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase where she finished eleventh in heat three in a time of 9:34.67.^[5]

She competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.^[6]

She won the Australian national championship title in Adelaide on 12 April 2024 in a time of 9:39.53.^[7] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.^[8]

Early years

In 2013 Cashin was selected in the Australian team for the World Cross Country Championships. She competed in the under-20 race. She left Australia an went to study at West Virginia University. Here during 2013/14 she ran cross country and indoor track. But her 2014 season was cut short when she was concussed after a door shut on her head. After she recovered she ran a few 800m and 1500m races mid-year in 2019.^[1]

Personal life

Her brother Liam Cashin is also an athlete who won the gold medal at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Achievements

In 2017 Cashin ran 10:01 in her regional meet and qualified for her first NCAA. In 2018 she achieved across all her distances, 1500m, mile, 3000m, 5000m and steeplechase.

Cashin meanwhile completed her master's degree and commenced a Ph.D. in 2021, focusing on coaches' mental health.^[1]

She then seriously concentrated on the steeplechase and ran 9:48. She then ran a PB of 9:43.89 and then 9:28.60 in June which qualified her for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Amy Cashin". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "Cashin Amy". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Amy CASHIN | Profile". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Former WVU Runner Amy Cashin Qualifies for 2021 Olympics". West Virginia University Athletics. 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results". Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Final". World Athletics. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "The Sentimental Bloke – And the Cashin Family". Runners Tribe. 4 April 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Cashin makes first Aussie team". Wyndham.Starweekly.com.au. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Hobbs and Doran break sprint records at Oceania Athletics Championships". insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Athletics - CASHIN Amy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External links

Amy Cashin at World Athletics
Amy Cashin at Olympedia (archive)
Amy Cashin at Olympics.com
Amy Cashin at the Australian Olympic Committee

[AOC-1] "Amy Cashin". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[2] "Cashin Amy". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[3] "Amy CASHIN | Profile". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "Former WVU Runner Amy Cashin Qualifies for 2021 Olympics". West Virginia University Athletics. 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[5] "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results". Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[6] "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[7] "Women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Final". World Athletics. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[8] "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[9] "The Sentimental Bloke – And the Cashin Family". Runners Tribe. 4 April 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[10] "Cashin makes first Aussie team". Wyndham.Starweekly.com.au. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[11] "Hobbs and Doran break sprint records at Oceania Athletics Championships". insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[12] "Athletics - CASHIN Amy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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