Jana Pittman
Jana Pittman-Rawlinson (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian athlete, who specialises 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.
Pittman is one of only eight athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Read more about Jana Pittman: Early Career, Knee Injury, Negative Public Image, 2006 Commonwealth Games, Osaka 2007, Beijing 2008, Injury Problems, Personal Life
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