Age
37
Place of Birth
VIC
Olympic History
London 2012
Career Events
Athletics Womens 1500m
Kaila McKnight finished in fifth place in her heat of the 1500m at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Victorian ran a lightning-fast 4:05.65 at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Daegu and qualified for the 2011 World Championships. The time smashed her previous best of 4:08.78 set in June 2010.
She made her first Olympic Games in 2012, finishing fifth in her heat of the 1500m and 12th in her semi-final in a time of 4:08.44.
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