Tamsyn Lewis - Athlete - Biography

Triple Commonwealth Gold medallist and dual Olympian, Tamsyn Lewis has established herself as one of the country’s most exciting athletes. She follows in the footsteps of her mother Carolyn who won six Australian high jump titles and competed at the 1962 Commonwealth Games while her father Greg won six national sprint titles and competed at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games between 1967 and 1974.

Continuing the Lewis tradition, Tamsyn shot to national prominence when she finished sixth in the 400m final at the World Junior Championships in 1994. Later that year, Tamsyn became the youngest member of the Commonwealth Games team that travelled to Canada.

Her career really took off when she stepped up to the 800m in 1998. Since then she has won eight consecutive national 800m titles and is just one of three Australians to better two minutes and has done so on nine occasions. Another proud moment for Tamsyn was when she was named Young Victorian of the Year in 2001.

The pin-up girl of Australian athletics, Tamsyn is currently the Australian 400m titleholder and is now considered to be ‘entering her prime’ as she sets her sights on the 800m final at the Beijing Olympics.

But now Tamsyn will put away her spikes and replace them with her dance shoes when she joins up with Dancing With The Stars dance partner Arsen Kishishian. The question will she be as quick on the dance floor as she is on the track when she has to face the ‘quick step’ and ‘cha cha cha’.

Tamsyn will support the Butterfly Foundation, who is dedicated to changing the culture, policy and practice in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.