Will Barnicoat Explained

Will Barnicoat
Nationality:Great Britain
Sport:Athletics
Event:5000m
Birth Date:24 March 2003
Pb:5000m: 13:19.66 (Paris, 2024)

Will Barnicoat (born 24 March 2003) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. He was European U20 cross country champion in 2022, and became European U23 cross country champion in 2023.[1]

Early and personal life

Barnicoat runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club.[2] He attended Cranleigh School,[3] and the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Axel Vang Christensen. As a student, Barnicoat supplemented his income working as a pot washer at a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen.[4] He won his first vest for Great Britain aged 16, running in the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon in December 2019.

Career

2022

In February 2022, he became the English National junior cross-country champion for the second time, having also been U17 champion before that.[5] [6] Later that year, he won the 2022 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Turin.[7] [8]

2023

He was a bronze medallist in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres in Espoo.[9] In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 race in Brussels.[10] He also claimed gold as part of the British squad which won the U23 team event.[11]

2024

In March 2024, he was named in the senior British team for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia,[12] where he finished 27th (the highest British men's finish since Mo Farah in 2010).[13] In May 2024, he won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 5000 metres.[14] In July he ran a personal best of 13:19.66 in Paris, the third fastest outdoor U23 British 5000m time.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Will Barnicoat. World Athletics. 10 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Will Barnicoat in form as thousands of British runners in cross-country league action. Steve. Smythe . November 14, 2023 . 10 December 2023. Athletics Weekly.
  3. Web site: 10 December 2023. FAST TRACK TO ATHLETICS SUCCESS!. 16 May 2017. Cranleigh.org.
  4. Web site: Barnicoat pips Griggs in Euro Cross U20 thriller. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023. Jason. Henderson. December 11, 2022.
  5. Web site: Trophies find new homes at the 135th National Cross Country Championships. 10 December 2023. 27 February 2023.
  6. Web site: Dominant English National wins for Will Barnicoat and Innes FitzGerald. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023. Steve. Smythe . February 26, 2023.
  7. News: 2022-12-11 . GB's Cairess claims European cross country silver . en-GB . . 2022-12-11.
  8. Web site: Turnbull . Simon . 2022-12-11 . Report Battocletti and Hicks reign again in the U23 races in La Mandria Park . 2022-12-11 . European Athletics.
  9. Web site: HICKS TAKES 5000M EURO U23 GOLD AS BARNICOAT COLLECTS THE BRONZE. British Athletics. 15 July 2023. 14 July 2023.
  10. Web site: 10 December 2023. 10 December 2023. BBC Sport. European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze.
  11. Web site: 10 December 2023. 10 December 2023. BBC Sport. European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze.
  12. Web site: British Athletics. GB& NI TEAM ARE BELGRADE-BOUND FOR THE 2024 WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. 14 March 2024. 14 March 2024.
  13. Web site: Kiplimo confirms he’s the king of cross country. Athletics Weekly. 31 March 2024. Jason . Henderson . March 30, 2024.
  14. Web site: University students triumph at BUCS Championships. 12 May 2024. Athletics Weekly . May 9, 2024.
  15. https://www.runbritainrankings.com/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=5000&agegroup=U23&sex=M&alltime=y

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