Aidan Murphy (athlete)
Aidan Murphy is an Australian sprinter who competes in the 200 metres and the 4 × 400 metres relay. He has represented Australia internationally, including at the Oceania Athletics Championships and the World Athletics Championships.
Career
Murphy runs for the Saints Athletics Club in South Australia. He broke two National U20 Records and four State Records in 2022 and won both the Oceania and Australian Open Men's 200 metres titles. Selected for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Murphy made his major event debut in the 200 metres. He also competed in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023.He finished runner-up to Gout Gout in the 200 metres race at the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships on 13 April 2025, running a wind assisted lifetime best time of 20.40 seconds. In May 2025, he helped qualify the Australia men's relay team for the 2025 World Championships in the second round of qualifying at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China. He was selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.
In September 2025, he competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He also ran in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, in which the Australian team ran a national record before being disqualified for an illegal handover.