Alice Leake Explained

Alice Leake
Birth Place:Pontefract, Yorkshire[1]
Nationality:British
Sport:Orienteering

Alice Leake (born 1991) is a British orienteering competitor.[2] She received a bronze medal in the Sprint discipline at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships, behind Megan Carter Davies and Simona Aebersold.[3]

Leake's medal came after a series of improving performances at World Championships events, coming 8th in sprint at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships and 4th at the next sprint World Championships in 2021, before receiving a bronze medal at the championships in 2022. She first competed for British Orienteering at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships.[4]

Leake competes for the Airienteers and Southern Navigators orienteering clubs. She has also been a member of Edinburgh University Orienteering Club, and has won both the British Orienteering Championships and the Jan Kjellström Orienteering Festival.

Leake retired from international orienteering in 2023.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World of O Athletes - Alice Leake . 1 July 2022 . runners.worldofo.com . en.
  2. Web site: IOF Eventor - Alice Leake . 1 July 2022 . eventor.orienteering.org . en.
  3. Web site: Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway International Orienteering Federation . 1 July 2022 . orienteering.sport . en.
  4. Web site: Alice Leake- on the Red Line. 1 July 2022 . ontheredline.org.uk . en.
  5. Web site: On The Red Line: Alice Leake . ontheredline.org.uk . On The Red Line . 26 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Alice announces retirement . britishorienteering.org.uk . British Orienteering . 26 October 2023.

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