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Scottish athlete
Eloise Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Middle distance, long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 4:09.09 (Manchester, 2023)
3000m: 8:48.15 (Xiamen, 2023)
5000m: 15:25.21 (Manchester, 2022)
5km: 15:34 (Newcastle, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Brussels U23 Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Turin U23 Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dublin U23 Team

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.

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.

Walker represented Scotland in the 5000m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was also selected for the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin for the U23 race.

In September 2023, she ran a new 5000m personal best at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China. She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023. She won gold as part of the successful British squad which won the U23 team event.

Personal life

She is a Glasgow University student. She is a member of the M11 Track Club, coached by Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows.

References

  1. "Eloise Walker". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. Egelstaff, Susan (24 February 2020). "Eloise Walker relishing learning from Muir and Reekie". The National.
  3. Egelstaff, Susan (11 December 2022). "Eloise Walker still going to extremes after running into trouble". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. "Trio for Turin: Three Scottish athletes to race at the Euro Cross". Scottish Athletics. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. "ELOISE WALKER 12TH PLACE WOMEN'S 3000M - XIAMEN WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE 2023". Runnerspace. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. "40-STRONG GB & NI TEAM BRUSSELS BOUND FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. "Laura Muir and Andy Butchart secure Lindsays Short Course titles on return to cross country roots". BBC Sport. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. Collett, Jasmine (21 December 2023). "Success breeds success in Trevor Painter's training group". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

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