ADAMS Liam

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Marathon
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	31st (2:16:12)

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	156
61	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	31:27

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Marathon	2017/2018	Berlin, GER	2:12:52

Gold Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Marathon	2019	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:11:36

Oceania Road Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Marathon	2019	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:11:36

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Sledgehammer (gc2018.com, 01 May 2017)

Athlete, Electrician

Exercise Science, Human Movement Studies - Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Partner Charlotte Wilson

English

Athletics Essendon [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

His partner Charlotte Wilson has competed in the steeplechase at the Australian national championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jun 2020; Facebook profile, 12 Apr 2020)

He was affected by plantar fasciosis for six months from mid-2014 on. (gc2018.com, 01 May 2017)

He developed a wisdom tooth infection during the 2011/12 season. (therunningreview.com, 23 Nov 2013)

In 2009 he sustained a gash to his shin that required 17 stitches. (olympics.com.au, 01 Aug 2016)

He took up running seriously at age 14. "I was introduced to athletics through the primary school system. I joined the local athletics club, Athletics Essendon, and through my teenage years I slowly gave up other sports to dedicate more time to running." (vu.edu.au, 13 Oct 2013; athleticsexclusive.com, 12 Oct 2013)

"After making a number of state cross-country teams and even medalling at a national championships, I decided I'd take up running outside of the schooling system and do a bit of training." He tried several other running events before focusing on the marathon. "I don't know if that's an insult or not, being told you're too slow for any other distance. But I eventually bought into the idea. The fact was that when I pushed up a distance each year, as I got older, I would get better the further we ran. It confirmed to me that I'd most likely end up being a marathon runner." (athleticsexclusive.com, 12 Oct 2013; runnerstribe.com, 14 Aug 2019)

He runs up to 200 kilometres a week. (relaxedrunning.com, 01 Apr 2020)

"Be focused on your goals and enjoy the journey in trying to achieve them." (athleticsexclusive.com, 12 Oct 2013)

He was named Senior Athlete of the Year for 2019/20 by the Athletics Essendon club in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (athleticsessendon.org.au, 14 May 2020)

While competing at Victoria University in Australia, he was named Male Athlete of the Year at the Australian University Sport Awards in 2008 and 2010. In 2011 he was inducted into the Australian University Sport [AUS] Honour Roll, and he was named Victoria University's Male Athlete of the Year for 2008, 2010 and 2012. (vu.edu.au, 13 Oct 2013)