Gerard Keating is a former Australia

Australia

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n 100 metre sprinter.

Originally from Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...

, he was a champions junior sprinter and won the Australian 100 metre champion in 1986. In 1981 he competed at the Pacific Conference Games

Pacific Conference Games

The Pacific Conference Games were a quadrennial athletics competition, held between 1969 and 1985 and contested by Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.The 1981 event was open to athletes from all nations....

 where he finished 4th in the 100 metres, and took the silver with the Australian sprint relay team. He then competed for Oceania at the 1981 World Cup

IAAF World Cup in Athletics

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 in the 100 metres where he finished 7th, and then 8th in the relay. In 1982 he competed at the Commonwealth Games

1982 Commonwealth Games

The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...

 in Brisbane

Brisbane

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 where he finished 9th in the 100 metre final, and 4th in the sprint relay final. He went on to compete at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki

Helsinki

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 where he got as far as the 2nd round in the 100 metres and relay before he was eliminated. In 1985 he competed again at the World Cup 100 metres finishing in 5th, and again with the relay that finished 6th. In 1986 he competed at the Commonwealth Games

1986 Commonwealth Games

The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.-Organisation and Controversy:...

 where he reached the 100 metre final and finished 7th.

After retiring from running, Keating became an athletics coach, coaching 2007 Stawell Gift

Stawell Gift

The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...

 winner Nathan Allan and 2009 favourite, Chris Hickey.