Lee Troop
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Joseph Troop |
| Nickname(s) | Troopy |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
22 March 1973 Geelong, Australia |
| Residence | East Geelong, Victoria |
| Height | 178 cm (70 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Club | Athletics Chilwell |
Lee Joseph Troop (born 22 March 1973) is an Olympic marathon runner from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He started out as a long-distance track runner and he represented Australia in the 5000 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and attended his first World Championships in Athletics the following year. He broke the Australian record in the 5000 m in 1999 and changed to the marathon distance in 2000.
He made his Olympic debut in the 2000 Olympic marathon race in Australia but finished in 66th place after an injury. Further injuries interrupted his next two seasons, but he returned and finished in 17th in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships and 27th at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but despite his aim of making the top-ten, he finished in 60th place.
He became involved in athletics at the age of 11 when he joined his father's weight loss campaign by taking training runs around the Geelong suburb of Whittington. He joined Athletics Chilwell (formerly Chilwell Athletic Club) in 1986 and has competed for the club ever since. During a brief stint in the 1990s Lee competed on a second-claim basis for the cross country team from Ballarat Harriers in the Athletics Victoria winter competition series. He was mentored by Steve Moneghetti, the 1994 Commonwealth champion in the marathon.
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