Jeremy Roff is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

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Born in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, he began competing at the elite level in 2003. His first major international event was the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 1-2 April 2006 in Fukuoka, Japan.The event was once again dominated by Ethiopian and Kenyan runners and also Eritrean runners...

 in Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

, Japan, and he was 58th in the men's short race. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme...

, he represented Australia in the 1500 m and placed eighth in the final. He was the runner-up of the 1500 m at the 2007 Zatopek Classic, behind Nick Bromley

Nick Bromley

Nicholas Bromley is an Australian middle distance track athlete. He won the Australian national 800 metre title in 2007 for the third consecutive year and won the Scottish national title in 2009 in a ridiculously slow, but tactical race...

. He was selected for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 but did not make it past the heats. He again took second place at the Zatopek Classic later that year, this time being beaten by Mitch Kealey.

At the Melbourne Track Classic

Melbourne Track Classic

The Melbourne Track Classic is an annual outdoor track and field meeting which takes place in early March at the Olympic Park Stadium.The competition was inaugurated in the late 1980s at the Olympic Stadium and gained a place on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit in its formative years...

 in March 2010, he scored a major upset by beating Asbel Kiprop

Asbel Kiprop

Asbel Kiprop is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Kiprop was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi, tested positive for doping...

 and Nick Willis

Nick Willis

Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...

, taking the runner-up spot behind Jeff Riseley. Roff took third place at the Australian Athletics Championships in April, earning himself a place on the Australian team

Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

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 for the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 In the build up to the competition he scored an 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

/1500 m double at the 2010 Oceania Athletics Championships

2010 Oceania Athletics Championships

The 2010 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 10th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia in September. It was fourth time the championship were held in Australia. Athletes competed at...

, which included a championship record of 3:41.91 in his preferred event.

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