McNEILL David

Australia

Athletics

Date of Birth: 6 Oct 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 5000m

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	16th (27:51.71)
2012	London, GBR	1R (13:45.88)	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	10,000m
2009	Berlin, GER	24th (29:18.59)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m	5000m
2021	1 x 8th, 1 x 14th	1 x 15th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
8	2021	3000m	Oslo, NOR	7:39.43
14	2021	3000m	Gateshead, GBR	7:49.32
15	2021	5000m	Gateshead, GBR	13:54.13

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

Nickname:

Dave (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Dec 2015)

Hobbies:

Writing, cooking. (Instagram profile, 02 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Physiotherapist

Education:

Physiotherapy - La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Melbourne Track Club [Australia]

Coach:

Nic Bideau [personal], AUS, from 2014

Sporting relatives:

His grandfather John McNeill was the 1939 Victoria state champion in Australia in long jump and triple jump. (athletics.com.au, 24 Nov 2009)

Injuries:

In 2018 he sustained a bone stress injury and suffered from low bone mineral density in his lumbar spine, causing him to miss the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (pogophysio.com.au, 31 Jan 2020)

In January 2010 he slipped on snow and injured his knee, which put him out of action for several weeks. Just after returning from this injury he stepped on a rock and injured his foot, which sidelined him for another four weeks. (flotrack.org, 25 Apr 2009)

Start:

He began running in high school. (athletics.com.au, 24 Nov 2009)

Reason:

He took up athletics because he was not interested in any of the other sports on offer at school. (olympics.com.au, 26 Jun 2012)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (athletics.com.au, 12 May 2021)

Influence:

US distance runner Bernard Lagat. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Dec 2015)

Philosophy:

"When I run, I feel happiest. I feel running creates the best version of myself for all other aspects of my life." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Dec 2015)

Award:

While competing for Northern Arizona University in the United States of America, he was named 2009 Division I Male Cross-Country Scholar Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA]. (ustfccca.org, 01 Mar 2010)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He works part-time as a physiotherapist in Blackburn, VIC, Australia, and also coaches with Run Strong Online Coaching. He has previously been a written and digital content creator for Runner's Tribe and a writer at Tempo Journal. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2020; tempojournal.com, 21 Mar 2021)

EDUCATION
He studied physiotherapy for 18 months at La Trobe University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, before moving to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America, completing both bachelor's and master's degrees in exercise physiology. In 2019 he gained a doctorate in physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne. (Melbourne University Sport Facebook page, 14 Dec 2017; Facebook profile, 19 Apr 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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