Eloise Walker Explained

Eloise Walker
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Sport:Track and field
Event:Middle distance, long distance running
Birth Date:27 May 2001
Pb:1500m: 4:09.09 (Manchester, 2023)
3000m: 8:48.15 (Xiamen, 2023)
5000m: 15:25.21 (Manchester, 2022)
5km: 15:34 (Newcastle, 2023)
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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]

Notes and References

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

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