16 Facts About Brandon Starc

Brandon Starc was born on 24 November 1993 and is an Australian high jumper.

Brandon Starc won his first National Senior Athletics Championships title in 2012 with 2.28m, going on to qualify as a finalist at the 2012 World Junior Athletics Championships, Brandon Starc has competed in the finals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2015 World Athletics Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Brandon Starc won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Brandon Starc placed 5th after jumping a height of 2.33m, just 0.04m short of the shared winners, Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy.

Brandon Starc attended Lidcombe Public School and started his athletics career at Parramatta Little Athletics.

Brandon Starc began to take his high jump achievements seriously and moved to Hills Sports High School.

Brandon Starc played cricket and football, but decided to concentrate on high jumping.

At the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010, Brandon Starc won silver with a personal best of 2.19m.

Brandon Starc first rose to prominence in the senior international track and field scene when, at 21 yrs of age, he made the high jump final at the 2015 IAAF World Championships, coming a creditable twelfth.

Brandon Starc entered at 2.20m in the final, clearing his second attempt, but did not progress from there.

Brandon Starc had a quiet 2017, not qualifying for the 2017 World Championships due to a shin problem, but scaled new heights in 2018.

Brandon Starc set a new personal best of 2.32m in winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Qld, Australia on 11 April.

Brandon Starc achieved a new personal best of 2.33m winning a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham on 18 August 2018.

Brandon Starc rounded off his 2018 European-summer campaign with a second place leap of 2.30m representing Asia-Pacific in the IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava on 8 September 2018.

Brandon Starc is the younger brother of Australian cricketer Mitchell Brandon Starc and brother-in-law of Australian women's cricket captain Alyssa Healy.

Brandon Starc collects sports shoes and is a keen photographer.