Collis Birmingham was born on 27 December 1984 and is an Australian middle- and long-distance runner.
11 Facts About Collis Birmingham
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Collis Birmingham is a two-time participant at the Summer Olympics and four-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.
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Collis Birmingham has competed at five editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
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Collis Birmingham was an Australian and Oceanian 10,000 metres record holder from 2009 to 2011.
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Collis Birmingham came third at the Great Yorkshire Run 10K and made a half marathon debut at the Great North Run, running a time of 65:46 minutes.
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In 2010, Collis Birmingham ran a 1500 metres best of 3:35.50 minutes, a 3000 metres best of 7:38.77 minutes and a 5000 metres best of 13:10.97 minutes.
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Collis Birmingham entered the 2012 New York City Half Marathon and ran the distance in 63:10 minutes.
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Collis Birmingham set his fourth personal best of the year at the Great North Run, reaching seventh place with a time of 61:25 minutes.
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Collis Birmingham improved this further to 60:56 minutes at the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, which he won by a margin of twenty seconds.
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Collis Birmingham is currently running 100 miles to 120 miles every week.
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Collis Birmingham has trained the 2020 Tokyo Olympic runner, Stewart McSweyne.