Jemima Montag was born on 15 February 1998 and is an Australian Olympic racewalker.
12 Facts About Jemima Montag
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Jemima Montag's parents are Ray and Amanda Montag, who met at the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, where Ray was competing in cricket and Amanda was competing in the heptathlon for Australia.
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Jemima Montag is studying for a postgraduate medical degree and a Master of Public Health at medical school at the University of Melbourne, where she previously earned a Bachelor of Science.
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Jemima Montag began taking part in Little Athletics when she was seven, encouraged by her mother, who was herself a hurdler.
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Jemima Montag was inspired by Cathy Freeman, as well as her contemporaries Regan Lamble and Steven Solomon.
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Jemima Montag made her first impact with a win in the under-20 section at the 2014 Oceania Race Walking Championships.
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Jemima Montag graduated high school from Wesley College in 2016.
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Jemima Montag was the gold medalist of the 20 kilometres race walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, at 20 years of age.
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Jemima Montag had been leading alongside fellow Australian Claire Tallent, but was assured of the win when Tallent was disqualified in the final stage of the race.
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Jemima Montag won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, repeating in the 20 kilometers race walk.
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Jemima Montag represented Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the Women's 20 kilometres walk on 1 August and the Mixed marathon walk relay on 3 August 2024.
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Jemima Montag won the bronze medal in both events, and was the first Australian woman in 52 years to win two medals in track and field at the same Olympic Games.