Eloise Walker

Eloise Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Middle distance, long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 4:09.09 (Manchester, 2023)
3000m: 8:48.15 (Xiamen, 2023)
5000m: 15:25.21 (Manchester, 2022)
5km: 15:34 (Newcastle, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brussels U23 Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Turin U23 Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dublin U23 Team

Eloise Walker (born 27 May 2001) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance, long distance and cross county runner.[1]

Career

Walker set a new Scottish under-20 record in the 3000m in February 2020, running a time of 9:21.30 seconds. Later that month, at the British Indoor Championships, in Glasgow, she set a new indoor personal best in the 1500m of 4:23.32 seconds, finishing in fifth place in the final. That winter, she joined the Andy Young led training-squad that also contained compatriots Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie.[2]

Walker represented Scotland in the 5000m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3] She was also selected for the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin for the U23 race.[4]

In September 2023, she ran a new 5000m personal best at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China.[5] She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023.[6] She won gold as part of the successful British squad which won the U23 team event.[7]

Personal life

She is a Glasgow University student.[8] She is a member of the M11 Track Club, coached by Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Eloise Walker". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Egelstaff, Susan (24 February 2020). "Eloise Walker relishing learning from Muir and Reekie". The National.
  3. ^ Egelstaff, Susan (11 December 2022). "Eloise Walker still going to extremes after running into trouble". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Trio for Turin: Three Scottish athletes to race at the Euro Cross". Scottish Athletics. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "ELOISE WALKER 12TH PLACE WOMEN'S 3000M - XIAMEN WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE 2023". Runnerspace. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ^ "40-STRONG GB & NI TEAM BRUSSELS BOUND FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Laura Muir and Andy Butchart secure Lindsays Short Course titles on return to cross country roots". BBC Sport. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ Collett, Jasmine (21 December 2023). "Success breeds success in Trevor Painter's training group". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

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