Rose Davies

Rose Davies (born 21 December 1999 in Newcastle, New South Wales), is an Australian athlete. She holds the Australian National Record in the 5000m in a time of 14:40.83 achieved in Xiamen in 2025.

Early years Davies was born in New Lambton Heights,

Achievements In 2018 Davies won the Lisa Ondieki U20 3000m and at the age of 19 clocked 4:19 (1500m) and 15:45 (5000m). She then came second in the national cross country and third at Zatopek with 33:25.52. (Zatopek is named after Emil Zatopek, the Czech long-distance runner, it is the most prestigious track race in Australia). Davies ran an outstanding 32:02 road 10 km in Launceston, Tasmania in December 2020.

In 2021 she won Zatopek in clocking 31:39.97. In May, 2021 she achieved her first Olympic qualifier of 15:08.48 over 5000m in Holland. Davies came 18th in her heat with a time of 15:50.07 and was eliminated from the competition.

Davies has been Australian national champion over the 3,000m (2022) and the 5,000m and the 10,000m (both in 2024). She represented Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 5,000m, making the final in which she finished 12th. She is the current Oceania Record holder over the 5,000m and 10,000m (as of 20 July 2025).

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games she became the first woman to win both the 5,000m race and the 10,000m race at any Commonwealth Games.