Jared Tallent (born 17 October 1984) is an Australian race walker and Olympic gold medallist[1] in the 50 km walk from London in 2012.

[8] He opened his 2011 season with a win at the Australian 20 km walk championships, while his wife Claire Tallent secured the women's title.

On 24 March 2016, original gold medalist Sergey Bakulin had his results disqualified for doping, advancing Tallent's medal to silver.

[10] Tallent was initially awarded the silver medal, but on 24 March 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified all results, in the period from 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012,[1] of doper Sergey Kirdyapkin, who had been the first walker across the line.

[11] Tallent won the bronze medal in the Men's 50 km walk at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia.

At the 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Rome, Italy, Tallent was initially awarded the silver medal behind Alex Schwazer, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist who had just returned from a four-year doping ban.

[12] However, in August 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Schwazer from 1 January 2016, due to him yet again failing a drug test[13][14] and Tallent was retrospectively awarded the gold medal.

In March 2016, Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped London gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin of all his results for the period of 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 for doping.