Liam Adams (runner)

Liam Adams (born 4 September 1986, Melbourne) is an Australian runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Adams came 24th in the Men's marathon in a time of 2:15.51, 7 minutes behind the winner, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya. At the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon Adams ran the fastest marathon time run by an Australian in Australia at 2:08:39, coming in third place overall, this was also a new PB.

Early years
Adams was a very sporty and competitive child. He was advised by his primary school teacher to try cross country.

In his second year, Adams won a medal in the nationals but it was only after a few years later that he decided to his training seriously. He began training with local coach Gregor Gojrzewski and this had a significant impact on his career.

As a 17 year old, in 2004, Adams won the national junior 5000m championship. Later that year he won the national junior cross country title. He finished his junior career with a personal best in the 5000m of 14:30.

Achievements
Adams has taken part in several IAAF World Cross Country Championships with his best placing being in 2013 coming in 23rd place. In July 2012 he won the Gold Coast Half Marathon by finishing in front of Harry Summers and Shinichi Yamashita. In October 2018 he won the Melbourne Marathon.
 * 2007: 102nd, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya
 * 2008: 69th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Edinburgh, Great Britain
 * 2009: 69th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Amman, Jordan
 * 2010: 37th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland
 * 2011: 79th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Punta Umbría, Spain
 * 2012: 1st, Gold Coast Half Marathon, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
 * 2014: 7th, Commonwealth Games Marathon
 * 2016: 5th, Orlen Warsaw Marathon
 * 2016: 31st, Olympic Games Marathon Rio de Janeiro
 * 2017: 9th, Berlin Marathon
 * 2018: 5th, Commonwealth Games Marathon
 * 2018: 1st, Melbourne Marathon
 * 2018: 2nd, Kobe Marathon
 * 2019: 1st, Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon
 * 2019: 6th, Gold Coast Marathon
 * 2020: 13th, Lake Biwa Marathon
 * 2021: 24th, Olympic Games Marathon Sapporo
 * 2022: 4th, Commonwealth Games Marathon
 * 2023: 3rd, Gold Coast Marathon