Stephanie Twell Explained

Stephanie Twell
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Coach:Mick Woods 1998-2017
Club:Aldershot, Farnham & District AC
Birth Date:1989 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Colchester, Essex, UK
Weight:53.5kg (117.9lb)
Pb:400m: 57.7800m: 2:02.581500m: 4:02.543000m: 8:40.98 5000m: 14:54.08
Olympics:2008, 1500 m, 6th in heat
Updated:11 December 2016
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Stephanie April "Steph" Twell (born 17 August 1989) is a British middle- and long-distance runner who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and trains at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC. She won the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships,[1] and is a three-time winner of the European Junior Cross Country Championships (2006–2008), as well as being part of four winning Great Britain teams. Representing Scotland, she won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Twell is currently sponsored by sports company Hoka One One[2] and was previously sponsored by New Balance. She was coached by one of the nation's leading endurance coaches, Mick Woods, for 19 years, from 1998 to 2017. She is now self-coached.

Personal life

Twell was born in Colchester, England. Twell announced in 2009 that she would compete for Scotland rather than England, and represented Scotland at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. She is eligible to compete for Scotland as her mother is from Paisley. She married fellow runner Joe Morwood in the autumn of 2018.[3] In May 2019, the couple broke the world record for the fastest 1 mile while holding hands.[4]

Career

Twell's personal best time for the 1500 metres is 4:02.70, set in Barcelona, Spain on 1 August 2010. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was eliminated in her heats running 4:06.68.[5]

In September 2008, Twell was named European Athletics Rising Star of 2008.[6] In January 2009 she was named "Telegraph Ten for 2012" – 10 of Britain's brightest young sports stars in The Daily Telegraph.[7] [8]

She began the 2009 cross country season well, winning at the Antrim International Cross Country.[9] A few months later, Twell finished 38th in the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Jordan. Although she was the fastest Briton in the race, she was disappointed with her performance and stated that she resolved to do better in the next championships.[10]

She set a new personal best in the 5000 metres in May 2009, winning the Artur Takac Memorial in 15:18.47 – a meeting record.[11]

She had a disappointing run at the 2009 European Team Championships over 3000 m, finishing in fourth in a time well outside her PB. At the 2009 World Championships she was never in contention in her heat at 1500 m and then when one of the favourites she was only 11th in the European Cross Country Championships (under 23 race).

Her 2010 was marked by improvements in her personal bests on the track. She set a 1500 metres best at the Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League meeting, finishing third and ahead of Lisa Dobriskey with a time of 4:02.54.[12] Stepping up to the 5000 m at the Memorial van Damme in Brussels, she smashed her previous best by 22 seconds to set a new Scottish record of 14.54.08, breaking Yvonne Murray's 15-year-old mark.[13] She ran at the Women's 5K Challenge in London in August 2010 and took third place behind Sylvia Kibet and Linet Masai. Reflecting on the race, she said: "To run 15:32 is great for me and third was just what I aimed for."[14] Twell suffered a fractured ankle competing in a cross-country race in Belgium in February 2011.[15] A further foot injury in June 2012 ended her hopes of competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[16]

Twell won the London 10,000 in 2018 and 2019.[17]

Competition record

Representing /
2005European Youth Olympic FestivalLignano, Italy5th1500 m4:29.91
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China8th1500 m4:16.58
European Junior Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Giorgio su Legnano, Italy1st4.1 km12:33
2007European Junior Cross Country ChampionshipsToro, Spain1st4.2 km14:12
European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands2nd1500 m4:16.03
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1st1500 m4:15.09
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany7th3000 m8:50.89
Olympic GamesBeijing, China6th (h)1500 m4:06.68
European Junior Cross Country ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium1st4.2 km13:28
2009World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan38th8 km28:46
European Cross Country ChampionshipsFingal, Ireland11th21:42
European Team Championships Super LeagueLeiria, Portugal4th3000 m9:09.65
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7th1500 m4:02.70
Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India3rd1500 m4:06.19
4th5000 m16:03.91
World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland23rd7.8 km26:11
2013World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland40th8 km25:58
2014European Champion Clubs Cup Cross CountryAlbufeira, Portugal7th[18] Individ.
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, Scotland14th5000 m16:30.66
2015European Champion Clubs Cup Cross CountryGuadalajara, Spain4thIndivid.21:12
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China12th5000 m15:26.24
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, Oregon6th3000 m09:00.38
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd5000 m15:20.70
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazilheats5000 m15:25.90
2017European Champion Clubs Cup Cross CountryAlbufeira, Portugal4thIndivid.21:52
European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5th3000 m08:50.40
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdomheats5000 m15:41.29
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia7th1500 m4:05.56
14th5000 m16:05.65
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th5000 m15:41.10
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15th10,000 m31:44.79
European 10,000m CupLondon, England1st10,000 m31:08.13
2021Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan68thMarathon2:53:26
2022European Champion Clubs Cup Cross CountryOeiras, Portugal9thIndivid.23:07

Circuit wins

National titles

Circuit wins

2019Reading Half MarathonReading, United Kingdom1stHalf marathon1:11:37[20] [21]

Personal bests

EventTimeVenueDate
400 metres57.7Aldershot, England18 June 2016
800 metres2:02.58Watford, England15 June 2016
1500 metres4:02.54Zurich, Switzerland19 August 2010
One mile4:25.39London, England9 July 2017
3000 metres8:40.98Monaco, Monaco15 July 2016
5000 metres14:54.08 Brussels, Belgium27 August 2010
10,000 metres31:08.13Parliament Hill, England6 July 2019
Half marathon1:08:55Houston, USA19 January 2020
Marathon2:26:40Frankfurt, Germany27 October 2019

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/7504446.stm Twell wins to boost Beijing hopes
  2. https://endurance.biz/2022/industry-news/hoka-in-three-year-deal-with-olympian-steph-twell/ HOKA in three-year deal with Olympian Steph Twell
  3. Web site: Woods . Mark . New coach Geoff Wightman gives Steph Twell fresh stimulus . www.scotsman.com . 30 May 2019.
  4. Web site: #couplegoals: GB duo break record for fastest mile holding hands . BBC Sport . 30 May 2019.
  5. News: Beijing Olympics: Twell crowns final Olympic track and field additions. 19 July 2008. Staff and agencies. 19 February 2009. London. The Guardian.
  6. Web site: Stephanie Twell is the female Waterford Crystal European Athletics Rising Star 2008 – European Athletics . 23 September 2008 . 6 October 2009 . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091006050723/http://www.european%2Dathletics.org/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D6712%26Itemid%3D2 . live .
  7. News: London 2012 Olympics: Britain's young and gifted going for gold medals. Simon Hart . 6 January 2009 . London. The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 2009.
  8. News: Debut senior win for Stephanie Twell. Telegraph staff . 4 January 2009 . London. The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 2009.
  9. Landells, Steve (2 January 2009). Twell and Kiprop top the fields in Antrim – Antrim International Cross Country preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 26 January 2010.
  10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7968791.stm Kiplagat powers to world triumph
  11. Ramsak, Bob (30 May 2009). Three meeting records fall in Belgrade. IAAF. Retrieved on 31 May 2009.
  12. Mills, Steven (19 August 2010). Twell sets 1500m PB . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 5 September 2010.
  13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8951909.stm Steph Twell smashes Yvonne Murray's Scottish record
  14. Brown, Matthew (5 September 2010). Masai wins 5k Challenge in London. IAAF. Retrieved on 5 September 2010.
  15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/9396526.stm Steph Twell suffers ankle fracture
  16. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9437950/London-2012-Olympics.html Inspired: British captain Dai Greene will use the plight of injured runner Steph Twell as motivation at Games
  17. Web site: ondon 10,000: Britons Mo Farah and Steph Twell win men's and women's titles . BBC Sport . 30 May 2019.
  18. News: Club Honours . 12 August 2022 . Aldershot, Farnham & District Athletic Club.
  19. News: Twell and Merga triumph in Antrim. 19 July 2008. . 3 January 2009 .
  20. Web site: Aldridge . James . Reading Half Marathon 2019: the results . GetReading . 17 March 2019 . 17 March 2019.
  21. Web site: Sage Reading Half Marathon Provisional Results . 17 March 2019 . 17 March 2019.
  22. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=205877/index.html Biographies: Twell, Stephanie

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