Jemima Montag

Jemima Montag is an Australian racewalker who specializes in the 20-kilometer walk. She has represented Australia at various international events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished sixth. Montag is a Commonwealth Games champion, having won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

Olympic Medals

Bronze2

World Championship Medals

Silver1

Personal Bests

20 Kilometres Race Walk

The XXXIII Olympic Games

1:26:25

8/1/2024

10,000 Metres Race Walk

XXII Commonwealth Games

42:34.30

8/6/2022

5000 Metres Race Walk

20:17.35

2/26/2022

10 Kilometres Race Walk

43:25

5/23/2021

3000 Metres

11:33.29

1/26/2017

Major Championships

🥉

The XXXIII Olympic Games - Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay

2:51:38

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The XXXIII Olympic Games - 20 Kilometres Race Walk

1:26:25

The XXXII Olympic Games - 20 Kilometres Race Walk

1:30:39

Upcoming Events

Recent Mentions

Podcast

Sole Sisters - 23: Winter Olympics, Bone Stress Shade & Marathon Szn

February 19, 2026

Do you know how to twizzle?! Neither do we! Alice and Elise settle in for another chat, with AB sporting a numb lip, and Elise coming off a filthy cold and a truly rude crook neck. Neither have been doing anything dangerous on the snow or ice, but there’s a heap of Winter Olympics chat – the injuries, the drama, the sizzle, the Aussie pride. It’s a very surface-level summary focusing on memes, ill-placed declarations of love, violent crashes and why on earth someone created a sport that involves skis AND guns.

AB and EB compare the injuries on the slopes to the injuries we face on the roads/trails/track. There is a lot of chat about the advent of bone stress injuries and the online commentary surrounding them. Rest, sleep, nutrition and load management are all your best friends here, and the social media comparison trap is NOT IT. There’s also hype building as we come into marathon season, with loads of Australians lining up at Osaka, Tokyo, Boston and London! Truly love this time of year!

Make sure you come along to our free International Women’s Day event with Love the Run next Sunday 1 March at Collingwood Athletics Track from 3:30pm. There’ll be a run, some pilates and a panel discussion with Australian race walker and Olympic medallist Jemima Montag, four-time World Championships marathoner, Sarah Klein, and the one and only Alice Baquie, with Elise Beacom on the mic. Can’t wait to see you there!

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Intro/outro music by Dan Beacom

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Show notes1h 5m

Podcast

Episode 64- Australian Walks coach; Brent Vallance

August 11, 2020

A few weeks ago I was incredibly fortunate to have a good chat to highly regarded Australian Walks coach; Brent Vallance. Brent was a fantastic walker himself representing Australia in the 20km road race at the Kuala Lumpar Commonwealth Games in 1998. Unfortunately, a chronic Hamstring injury ended his career prematurely but fortunately for the walking world he turned his attention to coaching! After completing a graduate coaching position at the AIS and majoring in coaching at university, Brent soon helped guide Nathan Deeks to his bronze in the 20km at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Brent was the official Olympics Team Coach for racewalking on that trip and has been at every Olympics since! Other walkers he took on around this time included; a young, Jared Tallent and Adam Rutter, amongst others. In this chat, I really enjoyed quizzing Brent on his and Jared’s journey together as coach and athlete to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We open the chat discussing how Brent monitored Jared’s training load. From 2006 to 2012, Brent was the AIS Chief Coach for Racewalking and took the Australian walks program to new heights. He took teams overseas each year, organized training camps and helped foster the development of the Australian walking program. He is highly sought after, both locally and overseas, as a presenter. And of course, today he continues to currently coach a number of world class race walkers, including; - 2018 20km race walk Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Jemima Montag. - 2019 IAAF World Championships Bronze medalist 20km race walk, 2019 European Champion; Perseus Kalstrom – Sweden. - 2x Olympian/Lithuania national record holder 20km walk (Brigita Virbalyte – Lithuania. - 2x Olympian and New Zealand record holder (3000m, 10,000m, 20km and 50km race walk) Quentin Rew – NZ - Olympian and 5x World Cup representative (Rhydian Cowley – Australia) - 2019 World University Games bronze medallist (Anežka Drahotová – Czech Republic

Show notes1h 27m

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