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}}'''Collis Birmingham''' (born 27 December 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/collis-birmingham-194175|title=Collis BIRMINGHAM &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics}}</ref> is an Australian [[middle-distance running|middle-]] and [[Long-distance running|long distance]] runner. He is a two-time participant at the [[Summer Olympics]] (2008 and 2012) and four-times at the [[World Championships in Athletics]] (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). He has competed at five editions of the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]. He was an Australian and Oceanian 10,000 metres record holder from 2009 to 2011.

==Career==
Born in [[Carlton, Victoria]],<ref name=OG2012>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/birmingham-collis-1090248/ Collis Birmingham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520172533/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/birmingham-collis-1090248/ |date=20 May 2013 }}. London 2012. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> Birmingham made his international debut at the [[2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], placing 84th in the junior race. His first senior international race came four years later at the [[2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2007 Championships]].<ref name=IAAFBio>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/collis-birmingham#honours Collis Birmingham]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> That year he won his first national title in his debut over the [[10,000 metres]] distance by winning the Zatopek 10K ahead of [[Martin Dent]].<ref>Hurst, Mike (13 December 2007). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/birmingham-debuts-impressively-to-seize-austr Birmingham debuts impressively to seize Australian 10,000m title]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> At the [[2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] he took 73rd place and he participated in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]] in the 5000 metres event but failed to qualify for the final. He 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.

The 2009 season saw Birmingham break the [[Oceanian records in athletics|Oceanian record]] for the 10,000&nbsp;m with a run of 27:29.73 minutes in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>[http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/71-melbourne-iaaf Birmingham breaks national record] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027090458/http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/71-melbourne-iaaf |date=27 October 2009 }}. Inside Athletics. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> He won the Australian 5000&nbsp;m title in March,<ref>Hurst, Mike (5 March 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/weather-deters-sub-10-in-melbourne-hooker-out Weather deters sub-10 in Melbourne; Hooker outstanding again – IAAF World Athletics Tour]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> then placed 29th at the [[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] – his best ever placing at the competition. He came fourth in the [[Emsley Carr Mile]] and was selected for both 5000&nbsp;m and 10,000&nbsp;m races at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]]. He failed to finish the longer race and came 16th in the 5000&nbsp;m final.<ref name=IAAFBio/> Near the end of the year he won his second 10K race at the Zatopek Classic and also placed second at the [[Great Australian Run]], winning the Australian 15K road title.<ref>Johnson, Len (10 December 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/birmingham-and-wellings-take-zatopek-10000m-t Birmingham and Wellings take Zatopek 10,000m titles; rain restricts World Champion Samuels in Melbourne]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref><ref>Johnson, Len (29 November 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/weidlinger-upstages-wanjiru-in-melbourne Weidlinger upstages Wanjiru in Melbourne]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref>

In 2010, 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. He was 83rd at the [[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] and was chosen to represent Oceania in the 5000&nbsp;m at the [[2010 IAAF Continental Cup]], where he came sixth. He ran in both 5000&nbsp;m and 10,000&nbsp;m events at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, finishing sixth and ninth, respectively. He represented Australia at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]], but did not progress beyond the 5000&nbsp;m heats.<ref name=IAAFBio/>

He entered the 2012 [[New York City Half Marathon]] and ran the distance in 63:10 minutes. He set three track bests that year, recording 1:49.36 minutes for the [[800 metres]], 7:35.45 minutes for the 3000&nbsp;m and 13:09.57 minutes for the 5000&nbsp;m. His 5000&nbsp;m best came in a runner-up performance at the [[London Grand Prix]],<ref>Brown, Matthew (13 July 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/hurdlers-provide-the-highlights-on-day-one-in Hurdlers provide the highlights on Day One in London – Samsung Diamond League]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref> although he was eliminated in the heats for that event at the [[2012 London Olympics]] a month later.<ref name=OG2012/> He set his fourth personal best of the year at the Great North Run, reaching seventh place with a time of 61:25 minutes. Birmingham improved this further to 60:56 minutes at the [[Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon]], which he won by a margin of twenty seconds.<ref>Nakamura, Ken (3 February 2013). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/gelana-under-pressure-but-retains-marugame-ha Gelana under pressure but retains Marugame Half Marathon title]. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.</ref>

In August 2013, Birmingham attended the [[London Marathon]] Young Athletes Training Camp at [[St Mary's University College, Twickenham]] as a special guest and was interviewed by 80–90 potential future running stars.  Other special guests who attended the camp were [[Andrew Osagie]], [[Ross Murray (athlete)|Ross Murray]] and [[Mick Woods]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smuc.ac.uk/epacc/marathon-camp.htm|title=Endurance and Performance Centre (EPC) &#124; St Mary's University}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|Beijing, China
|15th (h)
|5000m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|13:44.90]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|rowspan=2|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Berlin]], Germany
|16th
|5000m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|13:55.58]]
|-
| –
|10,000m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Delhi, India]]
|6th
|5000m
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|13:39.59]]
|-
|9th
|10,000m
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres|29:35.65]]
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|19th (h)
|5000m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|13:47.88]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|34th (h)
|5000m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|13:50.39]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|24th
|10,000m
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|28:44.82]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2014
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Sopot, Poland]]
|10th
|3000m
|[[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|7:57.55]]
|-
|[[2014 IAAF World Relays|IAAF World Relays]]
|[[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|4th
|4 × 1500 m
|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 1500 metres relay|14:46.04]]
|-
|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Glasgow, Scotland]]
|12th
|5000m
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|13:35.44]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|[[2015 IAAF World Relays|IAAF World Relays]]
|[[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Distance medley relay
|[[2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's distance medley relay|9:21.62]]
|-
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|15th (h)
|5000m
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|13:34.58]]
|-
|2016
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland, United States]]
|13th (h)
|3000 m
|[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres|7:54.51]]
|}

==Personal bests==
*[[800m]]: 1:49.36 ([[Ballarat]] 2012)
*[[1500m]]: 3:35.50 ([[Brussels]] 2010)
*[[Mile run]]: 3:54.30 (London 2009)
*[[3000m]]: 7:35.45 ([[Stockholm]] 2012)
*[[5000m]]: 13:09.57 (London 2012)
*[[10,000m]]: 27:29.73 ([[Berkeley, New South Wales]] 2009)

==Training==
Birmingham is currently running 100 miles to 120 miles every week.  He currently lives in Australia but comes to England for 6 weeks in the summer to train; often at [[St Mary's University College, Twickenham]] in London.  Also, he trains at [[Bushy Park]] – the second largest of the [[Royal Parks of London]], at 445 hectares (1,100 acres) in area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy-park|title=Bushy Park &#124; Hampton, London}}</ref>

Birmingham has trained the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympic]] runner, [[Stewart McSweyn|Stewart McSweyne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stewart McSweyn|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/stewart-mcsweyn/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|collis-birmingham}}
* {{Olympics.com|collis-birmingham}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}
* {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/1029881/collis_birmingham}}

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