Liam Adams (born 4 September 1986) is an Australian runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Adams came 24th in the Men's marathon in a time of 2:15.51, 7 minutes behind the winner, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya. At the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon Adams ran the fastest marathon time run by an Australian in Australia at 2:08:39, coming in third place overall, this was also a new PB. In Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics Liam finished 49th 2:13:33 in the Marathon. (alternate link)
Early years Adams was a very sporty and competitive child. He was advised by his primary school teacher to try cross country.
In his second year, Adams won a medal in the nationals but it was only after a few years later that he decided to his training seriously. He began training with local coach Gregor Gojrzewski and this had a significant impact on his career.
As a 17 year old, in 2004, Adams won the national junior 5000m championship. Later that year he won the national junior cross country title. He finished his junior career with a personal best in the 5000m of 14:30.
Achievements Adams has taken part in several IAAF World Cross Country Championships with his best placing being in 2013 coming in 23rd place. In July 2012 he won the Gold Coast Half Marathon by finishing in front of Harry Summers and Shinichi Yamashita. In October 2018 he won the Melbourne Marathon. 2007: 102nd, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya 2008: 69th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Edinburgh, Great Britain 2009: 69th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Amman, Jordan 2010: 37th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland 2011: 79th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Punta Umbría, Spain 2012: 1st, Gold Coast Half Marathon, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 2014: 7th, Commonwealth Games Marathon 2016: 5th, Orlen Warsaw Marathon 2016: 31st, Olympic Games Marathon Rio de Janeiro 2017: 9th, Berlin Marathon 2018: 5th, Commonwealth Games Marathon 2018: 1st, Melbourne Marathon 2018: 2nd, Kobe Marathon 2019: 1st, Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon 2019: 6th, Gold Coast Marathon 2020: 13th, Lake Biwa Marathon 2021: 24th, Olympic Games Marathon Sapporo 2022: 4th, Commonwealth Games Marathon 2023: 3rd, Gold Coast Marathon 2024: 49th, Olympic Games Marathon Paris
Personal bests DisciplineResultYearLocationOutdoorOne mile 4:08.42 2007 Melbourne, Australia3,000 metres 7:53.79 2011 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia5,000 metres 13:31.21 2013 Walnut, California, United States10,000 metres 28:11.76 2012 Palo Alto, California, United StatesHalf Marathon 1:02:15 2022 Launceston, AustraliaMarathon 2:08:39 2023 Gold Coast, Australia
References
External links Liam Adams at Australian Athletics Liam Adams at Australian Athletics Historical Results