Linden Hall (athlete)

Linden Hall (born 20 June 1991) is an Australian track and field middle-distance runner.

Early years
Hall started running while in primary school in Victoria. While still in Grade 6, she came 11th in her first national championships in cross country. She also played netball and was a strong swimmer. However, she gave these away when she joined Essendon Athletics club and commenced regular athletics training with a coach.

After high school, from 2011 to 2015, Hall went to the US where she studied Dietetics at Florida State University. During her college athletics career, she ran in three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1500m finals and won bronze in 2014.

Career
In 2016, Hall set a new PB of 4:04.47 in Palo Alto qualifying her for the Olympics. She was selected for the team and represented Australia in the 1500 metres. She came 4th in her heat to qualify for the semifinal. In the semifinal she finished in 8th and did not advance to the final.

Hall competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 1500 Metres, finishing in fourth and narrowly missing out on a medal.

She also competed at the 2019 World Championships, she made it to the semi-finals where she finished 10th and did not advance to the final.

In 2021, Hall ran under the 4-minute barrier for the first time clocking a time of 3:59.67, becoming the first Australian woman to achieve this. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hall came third in both her heat and semi-final of the Women's 1500m, each time improving her time. She thus made the final of the 1500m, where she finished in 6th position, with a personal best time of 3:59.01.

Hall is a two time Australian national champion in the 1500m: in 2018 and 2021. She has set new Oceanian records for 1500m at least twice, the last occasion on 16 September 2023 at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meet with 3.56.92 (beating her previous record of 3:57.27 set 2 months previously) She won a Diamond League 1500m race on 30 June 2022 at the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm.