Nathan Deakes and Olympic Athletics Race Walk

Nathan Deakes was born on 17 August 1977 in Geelong. He is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport. By performances, Nathan Deakes is Australia's best and most successful ever race walker, winning several international medals and holding many Australian and World Records. He was the 2006 Australian Male Athlete of the year, Australia's most prestigious sporting award across all sports.

He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist. He won gold in the 20 km walk and 50 km walk events at both the 2002 Manchester Games and the 2006 Melbourne Games, becoming the first man to win both the 20 km and 50 km walks at two consecutive Commonwealth Games. He also won bronze medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games and the 1996 World Junior Championships. He was also among the leading duo at the Athens Olympics in the 50 km walk, until being disqualified. He won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka in the 50 km walk.

On 21 July 2008 Deakes announced that he would withdraw from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with a hamstring tendon injury that required surgery to repair. You can buy Olympic Athletics Race Walk Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at very cheap prices. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Olympic Tickets for all Olympic events and sports especially Olympic Athletics Race Walk Tickets in very easy and secure way.