Iona Lake Explained

Iona Lake
Birth Date:15 January 1993
Birth Place:Norwich, Norfolk, England
Height:1.55m (05.09feet)
Weight:48kg (106lb)
Club:City of Norwich Athletics Club
Coach:Pauline Ash[1]

Iona Lake is a British middle-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast for England. She also runs in the 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres distances, but has never competed professionally in these disciplines.[2]

Lake's 3000 m steeplechase personal best of 9:39.03, achieved in Zagreb, Croatia in 2017, places her as the seventh quickest British female steeplechaser of all time in the 3000 m discipline.[3] This performance also allowed her to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, coming six seconds inside the qualifying time.[4]

Race results

All information from the Power of 10 website (rankings and results).

2015England Athletics U20 / U23 ChampionshipsBedford, Englandbgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase10:08.80
European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia8th3000 m s'chase9:59.83
2017Hanžeković MemorialZagreb, Croatia8th3000 m s'chase9:39.03
British Athletics ChampionshipsBirmingham, Englandbgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase9:57.53
20182018 Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia8th3000 m s'chase9:58.92
2019Armagh International Road RaceArmagh, Northern Ireland12th3 kilometre9:28
Run NorwichNorwich, England1st10K36.23

Personal bests

EventTimeDatePlace
800 m 2:10.07 12 July 2014 Norwich
1500 m 4:21.30 4 April 2015 Berkeley
3000 m 9:22.61 30 July 2014 Watford
5000 m 16:15.93 23 April 2015 Philadelphia
3000 m steeplechase 9:39.03 29 August 2017 Zagreb

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iona Lake. Team England. 2019-05-18.
  2. Web site: Iona Lake. Power of 10. 17 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Ranking List. Power of 10. 2019-05-18.
  4. Web site: University of Birmingham students and alumni selected for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. 6 April 2018. University of Birmingham. 2019-05-18.