Ellie Baker should not be confused with Elly Baker.
Ellie Baker | |
Full Name: | Ellie Natasha Baker |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1998 |
Birth Place: | Borehamwood, England |
Country: | Great Britain England |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 800 metres, 1500 m |
Club: | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers |
Coach: | John Bigg |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Ellie Baker (born 3 June 1998) is a British athlete specialising in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She won silver medals in the 800 m at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.[1]
Baker competed for Great Britain in the 800 m at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland,[2] and the 2022 World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.
In February 2023, the 24-year-old claimed a maiden national title, winning the 1500 m at the British Indoor Championships with a time of 4:06.73 and breaking Zola Budd's 1986 championship record in the process.[3]
Ellie Baker was raised in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. She has two siblings and attended Townsend Church of England School[4] in St. Albans. Baker first started running competitively for Herts Phoenix Athletic Club before joining Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers.[5]