Catriona Bisset

Catriona Bisset (born 1 March 1994) is an Australian middle-distance athlete and national record holder in the 800 metres.

Catriona Bisset
Personal information
Born (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994[1]
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia[2]
EducationUniversity of Melbourne[3]
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-distance running
Coached byNed Brophy-Williams (2021–)[4]
Peter Fortune (2017–21)[5]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
Summer Universiade
2019 Naples 800 m
Oceania Championships
2019 Townsville 800m
World Relays
2019 Yokohama Mixed 2 × 2 × 400m

Career

Early years

Born in Newcastle and raised in Canberra, Bisset participated in Little Athletics from age 6.[2][6] She displayed potential as a youth, but withdrew from competition for several years as she improved her mental health.[3][5][7] Bisset attended Melrose High School in the Woden Valley area of Canberra.[8] During her undergraduate studies at the University of New South Wales, she began training with University of Sydney head coach Dean Gleeson.[6][9] She resumed racing in 2016.[1] The following year, Bisset moved from Sydney to Melbourne, and Gleeson introduced her to Peter Fortune, best known as the coach of 400m athlete Cathy Freeman.[9][10]

Breakthrough season

Bisset rose to national prominence in 2019. After improving her personal best throughout the domestic season, she won the 800m at the Australian Track & Field Championships in 2:00.48.[11] One week later, she ran 1:59.78 at the UniSport National Championships to become the first Australian woman in a decade to break the two-minute barrier.[10]

In May, Bisset was selected for her first national team, representing Australia at the 2019 World Relays. She and Josh Ralph placed second in the first-ever mixed 2 × 2 × 400m.[12] Bisset went on to win the 800m at both the 2019 Oceania Championships[13] and 2019 Summer Universiade.[14]

Bisset made her Diamond League debut at the London Grand Prix in July, where she placed second behind Lynsey Sharp.[15] Her time of 1:58.78 set a new Australian record, surpassing the 43-year-old record set by Charlene Rendina, and qualifying Bisset for the Tokyo Olympics.[16] Two months later, she competed at the 2019 World Championships, but was hampered by injury and did not progress beyond the heats.[17]

2020–21

Bisset did not race internationally in 2020 due to COVID-19. However, this allowed her to continue aerobic training and fully recover from injury.[18]

In the 2021 domestic season, she performed at a high level, including a second Olympic qualifier of 1:59.12 to win at the Queensland Track Classic in March.[19] She also successfully defended her 800m national title, officially securing her place on the Australian Olympic team.[20]

On her return to the European circuit in June, Bisset improved her national record at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial, with a time of 1:58.09 (which broke the Oceanian record set by Toni Hodgkinson in 1996).[21] At the Tokyo Olympics, Bisset ran 2:01.65 in the women's 800m heats, narrowly missing her chance to advance.[22] She ended her season in September by competing in her first Diamond League final, running 1:59.66 for 7th at Weltklasse Zürich.[23]

After the racing season, she began training with Linden Hall under the guidance of coach Ned Brophy-Williams.[4]

2022

Bisset made her indoor debut at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham in February. She ran 1:59.46 for second behind Keely Hodgkinson, setting another national and Oceanian record in the process.[24] Bisset continued her good form by securing victories in the following two top-level World Indoor Tour meets, including the Copernicus Cup in Toruń, where she defeated Halimah Nakaayi.[4]

Also in March, she placed fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 2:01.24.[25] Two weeks later, back outdoors in Australia, Bisset ran 1:59.83 to win her third consecutive national title, gaining automatic team selection for the upcoming World Championships and Commonwealth Games.[26]

Competition record

International competitions
Representing  Australia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 2nd 2×2×400 m relay 3:37.61
Summer Universiade Naples, Italy 1st 800 m 2:01.20
World Championships Doha, Qatar 39th (h) 800 m 2:05.33
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 21st (h) 800 m 2:01.65
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 5th 800 m i 2:01.24

Oceanian, and National championships

Personal life

Bisset is studying a postgraduate degree in architecture and diploma in Chinese language at the University of Melbourne.[3] Her mother was born in Nanjing, China.[6]

References
  1. "Catriona Bisset". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. "Catriona Bisset". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. Dye, Josh (7 April 2019). "National title has rising star Bisset dreaming of Tokyo". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  4. Moorhouse, Lachlan (1 March 2022). "Catriona Bisset | Minding Records, Hunting Wins". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022.
  5. Gleeson, Michael (3 August 2019). "Australia's accidental track star". The Age. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  6. Landells, Steve (6 March 2020). "Winning her battles off the track, Bisset's rise continues on the track". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020.
  7. Buratti, Liana (12 September 2019). "Catriona Bisset - Running my own race". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  8. "Past Students - Where are they now?". Melrose High School - An ACT Public School. Education ACT. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. "From the Clouds – Catriona Bisset Interview". Runner's Tribe. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  10. Lisson, Ben (1 June 2019). "Catriona Bisset, Australia's fastest woman to run 800m in a decade, reveals hurdles off the track". ABC News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
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  12. Himmer, Alastair (12 May 2019). "First blood for USA at action-packed World Relays". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  13. "Bisset, Ralph win Oceania 800m titles". SBS. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  14. Salvado, John (22 July 2019). "Bisset smashes Australian 800m record". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  15. MacInnes, Paul (21 July 2019). "Dina Asher-Smith proud to finish second in 100m final at London Stadium". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  16. "Australian record for Catriona Bisset leads the way for Australia at the London Diamond League". Athletics Australia. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  17. Salvado, John (28 September 2019). "McSweyn charges into world 5000m final". Seven News. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019.
  18. Johnson, Len (21 March 2020). "With competitions on hold, flexibility is key as athletes continue to pursue their 2020 ambitions". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
  19. Gleeson, Michael (28 March 2021). "Browning quickest man ever in Australia, now for 100m in Tokyo". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021.
  20. Houston, Michael (19 April 2021). "Stevens, Hall and Bisset among Australian athletics additions to Tokyo 2020 team". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
  21. "Australia's Catriona Bisset breaks national 800m record ahead of Tokyo Olympics". ABC News. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  22. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results". Tokyo 2020. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021.
  23. Chadband, Ian (10 September 2021). "Barber, McSweyn shine in Diamond finale". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
  24. Rowbottom, Mike (19 February 2022). "Duplantis misses world record by whisker in Birmingham as Hodgkinson smashes British 800m indoor record". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022.
  25. Turnbull, Simon (21 March 2022). "Wilson brings her A game to claim global 800m gold in devastating fashion". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022.
  26. Ryner, Sascha; Moorhouse, Lachlan (2 April 2022). "Seven track and field champions added to the Australian team for Worlds". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022.
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