Poppy Tank Explained

Poppy Tank
Nationality:British (English)
Sport:Track and field
Event:3000m steeplechase
Birth Date:5 December 1997
Birth Place:Plymouth, Devon, England[1]
Club:City of Plymouth
Pb:3000m Steeplechase: 9:53.05 (Brussels, 2024)
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Poppy Tank (born 5 December 1997) is a British steeplechaser and long distance runner. She has represented Great Britain at senior level and in 2023, she became the British national champion in the 3000m steeplechase.[2] [3]

Career

In 2018, Tank was part of the Great Britain U23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, held in Tilburg, Netherlands.[4] She then won bronze as part of the British U23 team at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[5]

Tank came to significant prominence in February 2023, after she was selected for the senior Great Britain team at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships held at Bathurst in Australia, where she competed in the senior women's race.[6]

In July 2023, she won the national championship of Britain, winning the 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 2023 British Athletics Championships, held in Manchester.[7] She then competed at the Diamond League event in London in July 2023.

She was selected for Great Britain again for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels during December 2023.[8] She won gold as part of the successful British squad which won the team event.[9] In January 2024, Tank ran a 10km personal best of 32.34 on the road in Valencia.[10]

In May 2024 in Brussels she ran a personal best 9:53.05 for the 3000m steeplechase.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poppy Tank, Under-23 Women. British Athletics. 19 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Poppy Tank. 8 July 2023. World Athletics.
  3. Web site: Poppy Tank, athlete profile . The Power of 10 . 8 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Double European Cross joy for Ingebrigtsens. Euan. Crumley . December 9, 2018 . Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Five is the magic number at European Cross . Euan. Crumley . December 8, 2019. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Plymouth's Poppy Tank earns GB selection for World Cross Country Championships . Plymouth Sports Gazette . 28 November 2023.
  7. Web site: 3000 Metres Steeplechase Women. UK Athletics. 13 July 2023.
  8. Web site: 40-STRONG GB & NI TEAM BRUSSELS BOUND FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. British Athletics. 28 November 2023. 28 November 2023.
  9. Web site: 10 December 2023. 10 December 2023. BBC Sport. European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze.
  10. Web site: Agnes Jebet Ngetich smashes 29min barrier for 10km. Athletics Weekly. 24 February 2024. Jason. Henderson . January 14, 2024.
  11. Web site: Brilliant BMC & Excellent in Eugene – Weekend Round Up. 27 May 2024. James. Rhodes. May 27, 2024.